World Screen

LONDON: ITN Productions has landed a commission from Virgin Media Television to produce online and on-air celebrity news for its Internet channel Liv and pay-TV outlet LIVING. Under the Celebs 24/7 brand, content will be available in short form on Liv. …

LONDON: ITV Studios has been commissioned to produce the new entertainment format The Door, from the team behind the hits I’m a Celebrity…Get Me out of Here! and Hell’s Kitchen, for ITV1. The Door will premiere on ITV1 this spring …

LONDON: Sky1 HD and Sky1 have commissioned a one-hour documentary that features presenter Steve Jones and his two brothers on a trip to the Peruvian Amazon, while the new two-part Ross Kemp doc spotlights the Amazon regions of Brazil and …

DAKAR: Patrick Jucaud, the general manager of DISCOP, discusses the opportunities in the African market as the third edition of DISCOP Africa kicks off in Senegal. As you read this, the third edition of DISCOP Africa will have opened its …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has completed a new round of deals for the animated series Wibbly Pig, which is headed to ABC in Australia to air later this year. TVB in Hong Kong, EBS in Korea and RTE in Ireland have …

SANTA MONICA: The Japanese fantasy-adventure series Deltora Quest is slated to air in Australia and New Zealand on Cartoon Network, starting this April to coincide with the re-launch of the book series of the same name. Cartoon Network will also …

LOS ANGELES: Duccio Donati has been promoted to the position of executive VP of Comcast International Media Group (CIMG), expanding his remit to include the company’s channel brands outside of the U.S. Donati’s new role includes direct reports and oversight of E! …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats’ game show The Bubble has been ordered for full seasons by SVT in Sweden and Holland’s BNN/NED3. SVT will launch a full 12-episode season of The Bubble in prime time on March 21, hosted by Rickard …

HONG KONG: Celestial Pictures has inked a new exclusive five-year output deal with Media Asia Distribution to bring a range of titles to its Celestial Movies channel in Southeast Asia. The agreement, an expansion of a partnership that began in 2004, brings …

NEW YORK: American Greetings Properties has plans to bring new Care Bears entertainment to the U.K., Italy, Latin America, the Middle East and Canada. Cartoon Network in the U.K. and Italy has picked up rights to broadcast the Care Bears’ …