World Screen

NEW YORK: USA Network has shored up a deal for the rights to CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, beginning this December with seasons one through ten. USA has the non-exclusive rights for the first ten seasons as of the end of …

MODENA: Panini Group’s The Licensing Machine and Dentsu’s DCI Los Angeles have announced the European launch for Deltora Quest, based on the successful fantasy books published by Scholastic, on RAI GULP in Italy this March. The series is set in Deltora, a land of …

BURBANK: ABC has announced second-season renewals for its popular Wednesday night comedies Cougar Town, The Middle and Modern Family.  Cougar Town, airing Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m., recently scored a Golden Globe nomination for star Courteney Cox as a newly divorced single …

REDMOND/LOS GATOS: A deal between Netflix and Nintendo of America will allow the online rental outfit’s subscribers to stream movies and TV shows via the Wii gaming console. Beginning this spring, Netflix customers that own a Wii console with a …

STOCKHOLM: Susamuru, a Finnish indie specializing in factual entertainment and kids’ programming, is the newest member to join Sparks Network.  Susamuru is in production on more than ten projects currently, including the Tourist Guides, a daily docu-soap about a group …

STRASBOURG: Despite the global economic downturn, more than 245 new channels launched in Europe in 2009, according to the European Audiovisual Observatory, while 220 services were shuttered. Of the new launches, sports was a dominant genre, accounting for 38 of …

LOS ANGELES: NATPE has announced the final lineup of speakers and activities for its upcoming market and conference at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, taking place January 25 to 27. On the roster are senior executives from the likes …

TORONTO: The Fremantle Corporation has licensed the long-running daily drama All My Children to Seven Network’s 7TWO digital channel in Australia, which will launch the show on January 18.  All My Children, created by Agnes Nixon, is set in a …

BURBANK: The Secret Life of the American Teenager has been renewed for a third season by ABC Family, while Make It or Break It has received a second-season pickup.  Last week’s mid-season premiere of The Secret Life of the American …

UNIVERSAL CITY: Conan O’Brien released a statement today saying that NBC’s decision to move The Tonight Show to 12:05 a.m. to accommodate The Jay Leno Show at 11:35 p.m. will "seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise …