World Screen

NEW YORK: Vision Films’ managing partner André Relis, who heads up international sales and acquisitions, talks in this video interview about the challenges facing independent distributors and the path the company has taken in navigating the challenging economic climate.   …

WASHINGTON, D.C./LONDON: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and BBC Two are again teaming with Darlow Smithson Productions for a new season of Engineering Connections with Richard Hammond. The six new episodes in season three see the popular British presenter investigating …

PARIS: France Télévisions has inked a new deal with Warner Bros. for animated content, and acquired a range of other shows for its LUDO youth brand. The Warner Bros. renewal covers the exclusive terrestrial rights to a slate of animated …

LONDON: Classic Media has expanded its portfolio, taking on the international rights for all media, including licensing and merchandising, to the tween show My Life Me, previously represented by TV-Loonland. The 52×11-minute series is produced by Canadian-based CarpeDiem Film & …

LOS ANGELES: Liberation Entertainment, an independent content company founded in 2007, is closing up shop, with its assets to be liquidated in an attempt to repay the firm’s creditors. At the end of last month, Liberation transferred ownership of its …

NEW YORK: Syfy in the U.S. has secured a deal with FremantleMedia Enterprises for the basic cable rights to all 26 episodes of the BBC One series Merlin, the first season of which last year ran on NBC. Syfy has …

LOS ANGELES: PorchLight Entertainment is developing the comedy spy series Agent A to Agent Z, created by Andy Rash and Dan Yaccarino and based on Rash’s children’s book of the same name.   The series will be produced in Flash …

MAINZ: ZDF has done a licensing deal with Margarete Steiff for a plush line for the Little Mainz Men property.   Steiff will create a plush product range for children, as well as a yearly limited special edition for collectors. …

LOS ANGELES: Philippe Maigret, formerly the senior VP of business strategy and development at Disney, has been named executive VP of acquisitions for North America at Endemol.   Maigret will be based in Los Angeles and will work closely with …

MADRID: Globomedia anunció el desarrollo y lanzamiento del juego online de Águila roja, que está basado en tramas y personajes de la serie coproducida y transmitida por TVE.   Según Globomedia, es la primera vez en España que una serie …