World Screen

PARIS: Toei Animation has named Edebé Audiovisual Licensing as its broker to handle licensing in Spain for the TV series Dr. Slump–Arale. Edebé will be responsible for merchandising rights, except publishing, for Spain and Andorra territories. The 243×26-minute comedy is …

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment has slated a diverse pool of jurors to select the winner and runner-up of its recently launched In Toon With Tweens animation contest. On the panel are Carole Bonneau, the VP of programming TELETOON Canada; Marc Buhaj, …

PARIS: Moonscoop has landed presales for the second season of Dive Olly Dive!, with, among others, France 5 and SVT of Sweden. Also signing on for the second run are Finland’s MTV3 and Al Jazeera Children’s Channel in the Middle …

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has promoted Tyler Massey to director of international sales, while Joey Sabella takes on the role of manager of international sales. Massey will oversee, with immediate effect, the company’s sales in Eastern Europe and Asia. He …

LONDON: The Cineflix cooking series Family Food Fight with Flora, starring chefs Jean Christophe Novelli and Matt Tebbutt, has been commissioned by Five for a launch in May. The 6×30-minute series will be ad-funded by Unilever brand Flora, through a deal …

SILVER SPRING: Filming is under way for the all-new six-part series Worst Case Scenario, which will premiere on Discovery Channel this spring, featuring survival expert Bear Grylls as he demonstrates how to make it through potentially life-threatening situations. Grylls, who …

EL SEGUNDO: DIRECTV and Comcast have reached an agreement, the terms of which are undisclosed, to return the sports cable network Versus to the satellite TV provider’s lineup. Versus, which is the cable home of the National Hockey League (NHL), …

NEW YORK: Animal Planet has unveiled a new show with Mike Tyson, tentatively titled Taking on Tyson, which will feature the former heavyweight champion taking viewers into the world of pigeon racing. Scheduled to film this spring in New York …

NEW YORK: Bravo has given a fourth-season order to the hit docu-series Millionaire Matchmaker, which features Patti Stanger and her team setting up wealthy individuals on specially selected dates. Through the seven episodes that have aired this season on Bravo, …

LOS ANGELES: A first-ever co-production between Universal Cable Productions and Universal Networks International, the new original series Facing Kate joins the USA Network lineup alongside the recently announced pickup Covert Affairs. Facing Kate, which is being shot on location in …