World Screen

TORONTO: Breakthrough Films & Television’s live-action docutainment series TOONED! is slated to premiere on Canada’s TVtropolis on March 19 during the 11:30 a.m., 7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. time slots. TOONED! is a half-hour factual series that examines hit cartoon …

LONDON: SCI FI Channel in the Benelux is to become Syfy Universal this month, debuting its new look alongside three territory premieres: Stargate Universe, Primeval and Sanctuary. The three U.S. series will make their exclusive debuts on March 5 at …

BURBANK: The CW is bringing back Smallville, a modern retelling of the Superman legend, in the fall for a tenth season. The series moved to a Friday night slot this season, where it currently ranks as network television’s number one …

LONDON: Two key executive appointments have been made within Five’s programming department, where there’s a new commissioning executive for daytime and soaps and commissioning editor of factual. Greg Barnett joins as commissioning executive for daytime and soaps, while Matt Bennett …

JAKARTA: Indonesian media conglomerate PT Media Nusantara Citra (MNC), which operates the leading terrestrials RCTI and TPI, has agreed to a multiyear program licensing deal with Disney-ABC International Television (DAIT) Asia Pacific covering series and original movies for kids and family audiences. …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution will be offering up more than 200 hour of new content in their catalogue for MIPTV, spanning genres such as children’s, factual, documentary, science and crime. Six Degrees of TV is an entertainment series that proves all …

NEW DELHI: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific has scored a carriage deal for Discovery HD with the DTH platform Sun Direct, bringing the total number of channels it operates in India to six. The 24-hour channel is rolling out this month as …

LONDON: CAKE Entertainment has licensed the live-action tween comedy series Cartoon Gene to the BBC and Germany’s ZDF. The pickups follow on a successful pilot produced last year by Galakids. Canada’s TELETOON, which licensed the original pilot, is also considering …

LOS ANGELES: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM) and Rubicon Group have announced the launch of Pink Panther & Pals, the first new series in the iconic franchise in 17 years, on Cartoon Network on March 7 at 7:30 a.m. Pink Panther & …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television has struck a deal to launch Sony Entertainment Television (SET) on BT Vision’s digital on-demand TV service in the U.K. This is the first U.K. launch for SET, which offers top U.S. dramas such as Damages …