World Screen

BURBANK: Disney Television Animation has started production on Jake and the Never Land Pirates, an interactive 2D and CG animated preschool series that features the classic characters Captain Hook and Smee, which will air on Playhouse Disney-branded blocks and channels …

LONDON: CBS Reality, the British entertainment channel owned by Chello Zone and CBS Studios International, has added three new paranormal series to its schedule: Rescue Mediums, Colin Fry Live and The Three Mediums. CBS Reality has secured the U.K. premiere …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has firmed up a range of international deals for the first two seasons of Icon Films’ Weird Creatures with Nick Baker, taking the series into more than 40 territories worldwide. Season one has been picked …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Television (NGT) is producing a new six-hour documentary series in partnership with the Greek broadcaster SKAI that will re-examine the role of Greece in world history. The Greeks (working title) will tell the 2,000-year story of …

  NEW YORK: Bernhard Schwab, Tandem Communications’ sales director, talks about the international potential of the new Action Pack(ed) label and Tandem’s other productions in this video interview. Tandem recently celebrated its tenth anniversary of producing high-quality event productions for …

This article originally appeared in the ATF ’09 issue.   Earlier this year, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) named Jon Penn as its CEO for the Asia Pacific. The move was part of the company’s shift toward a more regional structure, with …

LONDON: The new preschool series Tinga Tinga Tales, from the producer of Charlie and Lola, is to launch on CBeebies this month. Produced on location in Kenya by Tiger Aspect Productions in conjunction with Homeboyz Entertainment, the show draws upon …

CHICAGO/CULVER CITY: Design expert and bestselling author Nate Berkus, who regularly appears on The Oprah Winfrey Show, is the star of a new lifestyle series from Harpo Productions and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) that will launch in U.S. syndication this …

MUNICH: The Haitian national soccer team is to play in a charity match against a team of former German soccer stars and celebrities that will be aired live on SAT.1 in Germany. The match will be held in the Bavarian …

NEW YORK: Short- and long-form content from Univision Communications’ three networks will be available on YouTube beginning today, with Kraft Foods as the exclusive launch sponsor of the new online channel. Univision Interactive Media is making videos of top Univision, …