World Screen

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has granted the broadcast rights for the 2010 and 2012 Olympic Games to Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) and Corporación de Televisión de la Pontificia Universidad Católica (Canal 13) in Chile. TVN and Canal …

NEW YORK: Prentiss Fraser, the VP, head of sales for E1 Television International, talks about the company’s recent projects and the diversity of the E1 slate in this video interview.    Just a few days ago, news broke that Summit Entertainment’s …

LOS ANGELES: Imagine Television, founded by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, is on board to develop a pilot for The Questor Tapes, which Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry first tried to bring to TV 35 years ago. Roddenberry conceived of The Questor Tapes as a …

BUENOS AIRES: Flor Latina Entertainment Group has secured two new distribution agreements ahead of NATPE, one with Pleifilms for a musical telenovela and another with Che Contenidos for a comedy series.  From Pleifilms, Stars (Music in your Blood) is a story of music, dance and …

HAMILTON: Central European Media Enterprises is selling off its interest in the Studio 1+1 and Kino channels in the Ukraine to Igor Kolomoisky’s Harley Trading Limited for $300 million. Harley Trading will take 100 percent ownership of CME’s operations in the Ukraine for …

HILVERSUM: Telescreen will be launching a 70-minute Miffy movie, co-produced by Telescreen Film Productions and Dutch pubcaster KRO, at the European Film Market in Berlin.  Aimed at 3- to 6-year-olds, the movie features the classic Miffy character, which celebrates a …

SAN BRUNO: YouTube is entering the online rental model with five films from the Sundance Film Festival, which kicks off today in Utah with the popular video sharing site as a sponsor. "Independent filmmakers have been critical contributors to our …

NEW YORK: As its carriage dispute with Tri-State cable provider Cablevision continues, Scripps Networks Interactive has reached a deal for local station WPIX-TV Channel 11 to air encore broadcasts of popular shows from HGTV and Food Network this Sunday. On …

SÃO PAULO: Ahead of its official launch at NATPE, India: A Love Story has been sold by Globo TV International into Russia, where it will air on Domashny, which reaches more than 60 million viewers.  India: A Love Story, the winner …

MEXICO CITY: TV Azteca is showcasing a lineup of telenovelas for NATPE that includes, among others, La Loba.  The novela La Loba, which stars, Mauricio Islas and Ivonne Montero, follows a woman whose instinctive love finds refuge in a man’s heart. Also …