World Screen

SINGAPORE: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) is rebranding its Discovery HD channel as Discovery HD World effective today with a new logo and a slate of a new content, including Werner Herzog’s Encounters at the End of the World. The new look …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES: ITV Studios U.K. has received a commission from ITV1 for the five-part The Oaks, based on a pilot produced for FOX in 2007. This is the first major commission to come out of the creative collaboration pact between ITV Studios and Twentieth …

PARIS/COPENHAGEN: FOX has commissioned a broadcast pilot of Banijay Entertainment’s new format My Parents Are Gonna Love You, which features families being introduced to celebrities as fake fiancés. The pilot will be produced by one of Banijay Entertainment’s U.S. production …

NEW YORK: World Screen has unveiled its MIPTV Preview multimedia site, delivering features on on-demand content, European buyers and the state of the formats business; audio interviews; a video report on new-media opportunities and a host of other resources. To see …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: E1 Entertainment is teaming up with Tijuana Entertainment and the L.A. Lakers’ basketball star Ron Artest to develop and produce a new reality series, They Call Me Crazy. Artest will be the focus of the new series, as …

LONDON: The current head of CBeebies’ production, animation and acquisitions, Kay Benbow, is to take on the role of controller at the BBC’s preschool channel. She will be based in Salford as part of the move of BBC Children’s to …

LONDON: Dating in the Dark has received a second-season order from LIVING in the U.K., and has already been slated for another run in the U.S. on ABC. The show watches as singles meet and get to know each other, …

News Corporation, arguably the most international of the media conglomerates, has businesses spanning the globe, with pay-TV platforms in Europe, Latin America and Asia; a bouquet of 183 international channels broadcasting in 166 television markets; broadcast and cable TV networks …

Senior VP, Program Sales & Marketing, Your Family Entertainment What are your top five shows for MIPTV?  Oscar the Balloonist, Wakkaville, Li’l Larikkins, My Dad is an Evil Genius, Ninjured Why will these programs appeal to buyers? YFE is committed …

Executive VP, WWE International What are some of your top properties for MIPTV? RAW, SmackDown, NXT, Superstars, WWE Studios film slate including ‘Legendary’ with Patricia Clarkson, John Cena and Danny Glover. Why will these programs appeal to buyers? WWE offers a unique and diverse …