World Screen

NASHVILLE: The Documentary Channel (DOC) has doubled its subscriber base, securing a carriage agreement with satellite-TV giant DIRECTV. DIRECTV will add DOC—a 24-hour network devoted to independent documentary features—to its lineup tomorrow, bringing the channel’s reach to more than 25 …

MUNICH: In the diverse lineup of more than 40 new programs that SevenOne International will be showcasing at MIPTV are a number of event thrillers, romantic comedies, series and documentaries, alongside a range of other genres. In the catalogue of …

BUENOS AIRES: Flor Latina Entertainment has licensed its series Impostores (Swindlers) into Spain and Portugal via Fox International Channels Iberia, and has clinched a deal in Mexico as well as a pan-Latin American agreement. Produced by Torneos y Competencias and Palermo …

LONDON: Fine Living Network (FLN) has secured carriage on the basic tier of the new South African pay-TV platform On Digital Media (ODM). The channel is slated to roll out in South Africa on May 1. Fine Living Network is being rolled …

NEW YORK: Cable channel AMC has added a new original series to its slate: The Walking Dead, a six-episode drama directed by Frank Darabont and based on the book series written by Robert Kirkman and published by Image Comics. Kirkman serves …

PARIS: Singapore has been selected as the "Country of Focus" for this year’s MIPTV, with the country’s Acting Minister for Communications, Information and the Arts (MICA), Lui Tuck Yew as the guest of honor. The Media Development Authority of Singapore …

BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has entered into a deal to co-produce the new 3D HD series Escape Hockey, which is created by Enne Entertainment Studios of Spain. Imira will also handle worldwide distribution for the series, which is aimed at 6- …

TORONTO/LONDON: DECODE Enterprises has secured two new sales for the Halifax Film-produced sketch comedy That’s So Weird!, as Boomerang Latin America and Nickelodeon Australia both picked up the live-action series. The 13×30-minute show airs on YTV in Canada. That’s So …

TORONTO: A second season of Survive This has been completed, with 13 all-new episodes slated to make their debut at MIPTV in 9 Story Entertainment’s catalogue. Survival expert and filmmaker Les Stroud returns in the second installment. The series, commissioned …

NEW YORK: In this special video report, E1’s John Morayniss, CAKE’s Ed Galton, Nerd Corps’ Ken Faier, Cyber Group’s Pierre Sissman and Fitz Roy Media’s Hamp Hampton share their strategies for making the most of a difficult, yet still lucrative, …