World Screen

PASADENA: Animal Planet has slated a new eight-part series, Last Chance Highway, about individuals on a mission to give stray dogs a chance at survival, along with renewing Pit Bulls and Parolees and River Monsters for second seasons. Produced by …

PARIS: Banijay Entertainment has expanded its network of production companies worldwide with the acquisition of U.K.-based Zig Zag Productions, together with its HooHah subsidiary, which produces short-form and branded-entertainment content. Banijay already owns Air Prod, ALJ, Depeche Prod and Jesprod …

NEW YORK: VH1 and VH1.com will air the exclusive world premiere of Michael Jackson’s They Don’t Really Care About Us music video on January 19 at 10 p.m., with a new 30-minute original special, All Access: Making Michael Jackson’s This …

LONDON: By 2013, movie-on-demand revenues for pay-TV operators will reach $2.4 billion in the U.S. and 430 million euros in Western Europe, Futuresource Consulting indicates in a new report. “The rise of on-demand video content that can be accessed through a laptop, …

LOS ANGELES: Addicted, a one-hour docu-series that follows the journey of recovery of people struggling with addiction, has been given a six-episode order from TLC. Slated for a March debut, Addicted will look at how the debilitating disease of addiction …

PARIS: A new report from Euroconsult has found that the number of satellite TV platforms worldwide rose to 113 in 2009, a 38-percent gain over a three-year period. According to Satellite TV Platforms, World Survey & Prospects to 2019, Growth Through …

ATLANTA: The critically acclaimed new series Men of a Certain Age, which stars Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula, will return for a second season on TNT. The show is currently airing Mondays at 10 p.m. Men of a …

LOS ANGELES: CBS has given second-season orders to NCIS: Los Angeles and The Good Wife, the season’s top two freshman series. NCIS: Los Angeles is the number one new program of the season, with an average audience of 16.8 million …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Following NBC’s coverage of the Winter Olympics, when The Jay Leno Show is no longer occupying the 10 p.m. slot, the drama Parenthood will make its debut, along with the new Jerry Seinfeld comedy panel series The Marriage …

SILVER SPRING: Darlow Smithson Productions is producing Atlas 4D, the latest series in Discovery Channel’s acclaimed Atlas franchise, for broadcast this spring, delivering visuals and graphics in 3D. The three-part series will feature the African Great Rift Valley, the Mediterranean and …