World Screen

BURBANK: ABC Family has picked up the network TV premiere rights to The Blind Side, which stars Sandra Bullock in her Oscar-winning role. The deal with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution gives ABC Family the rights to the movie’s network …

BURBANK: FOX has given a third-season order to the J.J. Abrams drama Fringe, which is to resume airing in its second season with eight fresh episodes on April 1. This season, the show improved FOX’s performance in the Thursday 9 …

Jeff Gomez and Nathan Mayfield will be hosting a session at the MIPTV Producers’ Forum—a two-day initiative organized in association with World Screen—about developing stories and concepts across multiple platforms. The first thing you need to know about transmedia storytelling …

NEW YORK/LONDON: Philip Bourchier O’Ferrall has been upped to senior VP of digital media for MTV Networks International. Taking on an expanded role, O’Ferrall will lead MTVNI’s digital media business for all multiplatform properties and will lead the company’s overall …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has named Laurence Miall-d’Aout as chief of staff for its free-TV operations and Martin Lewerth as chief of staff for the group’s pay-TV sector. Miall-d’Aout has been with MTG since 2002 and has been CEO …

HARRINGTON PARK: Janson Media has licensed the non-theatrical rights to Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia from its Giant Screen Film collection to EDIMA of France. The 40-minute program looks at the incredible size and strength of the dinosaurs that once roamed …

LONDON: October Films’ Rude Tube International has been sold by RDF Rights into a number of new territories, including Denmark, Hungary and Japan. Rude Tube International spotlights the Internet’s most popular viral videos and includes interviews with their creators. Season …

PARIS: Mooscoop has wrapped a deal with Chutti TV, Sun TV’s kids’ channel in India, for 725 half-hours of programming. The deal includes the series Geronimo Stilton, co-produced and co-distributed with Atlantyca Entertainment; Gasp from SLR Productions; Dive Olly Dive, …

NEW DELHI: ESPN STAR Sports has signed a deal with Media Star Global to produce and air the Indian football reality show Super Soccer Star.  The multiplatform entertainment property and reality show aims to discover young football talent in association …

MADRID/NEW YORK: Spain’s Group Prisa is to receive a $900 million cash injection via a merger deal with Liberty Acquisition Holdings Corp., a U.S.-based special-purpose acquisition company. The deal calls for the combination of the two companies and a 150 million …