World Screen

BUENOS AIRES: Telefe International is showcasing the Colombian adaptation of the Argentine production Love’s Guard, and will present the telenovela at NATPE. The Colombian version of Love’s Guard is produced by Teleset for RCN TV and stars Alejandra Borrero, Ernesto …

PARIS: Moonscoop has sold the Twisted Whiskers series to a host of new international broadcasters, including France 3 and Disney Channel Italy. Further European broadcasters to have signed on for Twisted Whiskers include France 5 and KRO Netherlands. The 52×11-minute 3-D …

TORONTO: Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group has finalized a deal with E1 Entertainment to launch the first season of the classic animated series The Raccoons on iTunes Canada. The Raccoons originally aired weekly in prime time on CBC Canada, Disney …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has ordered a second season of the weekly series Tosh.O, which features comedian Daniel Tosh, who the network has signed to shoot an original one-hour stand-up special.   The second season of Tosh.O consists of 25 episodes, …

HONG KONG: ITV Studios Global Entertainment is to launch the general-entertainment channel Granada TV on Astro in Malaysia. The channel offers a lineup of contemporary dramas, comedy, reality programming and talk and entertainment shows. Programs available to Astro viewers as …

TORONTO: Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, author of the international bestseller Hitler’s Willing Executioners: Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust, has been named as keynote speaker at the 2010 History Makers Conference, being held in New York City from January 27 to 29. …

ORLANDO: This spring, a new six-part celebrity reality series from Donald Trump is headed to Golf Channel. Donald J. Trump’s Fabulous World of Golf will give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Trump’s golf empire, which includes properies from West Palm …

LONDON: Endemol Germany is teaming up with Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann, the producers behind the Academy Award-winning film The Lives of Others, to set up Wiedemann Berg Television, which will specialize in drama programming. Wiedemann Berg Television will operate …

LOS ANGELES: Among the executives set to participate in the 2010 NATPE Market & Conference are Shine Group’s Elisabeth Murdoch—in a session moderated by World Screen‘s Anna Carugati—Discovery’s David Zaslav and Tornante’s Michael Eisner. Zaslav, the president and CEO of …

BUENOS AIRES: Telefe International has closed a raft of deals from its participation at the Asia Television Forum, including the sale of the romatic comedy format The Successful Mr. and Mrs. Pells to China. Detectives, Brothers & Co was also …