World Screen

NEW YORK: The Latin America Multimedia Corporation (LAMC) has greenlit an additional two seasons of the live-action bilingual preschool series Dos y Dos. Dos y Dos can be seen every Saturday and Sunday morning on LATV in the U.S., as …

LONDON: CAKE Entertainment confirmed a number of new international broadcasters for Angelo Rules, its second series co-produced with TeamTO. CAKE has secured a sale to Turner Broadcasting’s Cartoon Network in all territories excluding the U.S., Italy, France and Japan. Italian …

WARSAW: Crime & Investigation Network (CI) is to make its debut in Central Europe on March 1 with a launch in Poland on CANAL+ Cyfrowy. CI will be fully languaged in Polish, and will be offered as part of the …

LONDON: Virgin Media customers in the U.K. will soon have access to a range of high-definition programming from the Discovery portfolio when Discovery HD launches on the digital service this spring.  The channel will feature programming from Discovery’s library of …

NEEDHAM/LOS ANGELES: Echo Bridge Entertainment has secured an exclusive sales agreement with Active Entertainment and producer Ken Badish to internationally distribute a slate of ten new sci-fi disaster TV movies. Echo Bridge Entertainment has entered into a sales agency agreement …

BURBANK: CBS has signed a deal for Jeff Probst to return as host and executive producer of Survivor for the 21st and 22nd installments of the long-running reality competition series.  Probst won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Host for a …

NEW YORK: At MIPTV, World Screen will launch TV Middle East & Africa, expanding its slate of targeted, regional publications. This new resource—World Screen’s 12th targeted publication—will be devoted to the rapidly developing media markets in these emerging territories. The magazine …

MIAMI: In the newly appointed role of executive VP of Telemundo Network News, Ramon Escobar will develop strategic plans for all news properties while supervising the news programming at the network. In addition, Escobar will oversee the network’s domestic and international …

HARRINGTON PARK: The doc series Warriors of the Night has been sold by Janson Media to Canal+ Cyfrowy for its Planete Poland channel. Produced by Robert Linnell’s Nightfighters Productions, Warriors of the Night looks at the tactical air battles fought …

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment is expanding its portfolio of specialty services with the March 1 rollout of W Movies, a movie channel targeted to women. Targeting females 25 to 54, W Movies will feature a mix of Hollywood hits and Canadian …