World Screen

TEL AVIV: The teen vampire daily drama Split has been sold by Dori Media Group into a number of new territories, including France, Germany and Hungary.  Originally produced by Dori Media Darset for Israeli cable platform HOT’s VOD service, Split …

LONDON: UKTV and Discovery Channel in Latin America and Taiwan are among the broadcasters that have signed up for Parthenon Entertainment’s disaster series Animal Armageddon, produced by Digital Ranch Studios for Animal Planet.  The show has also been sold internationally …

LONDON: Advisers Media International (AMI) has secured the exclusive broadcast and new-media rights for England’s Barclays Premier League for 15 territories throughout Eastern Europe and Central Asia. AMI also has distribution rights in the region for FIA Formula One, World …

NEW YORK: Syfy has given the greenlight for a second season of Stargate Universe (SGU) and a third season of Sanctuary, both slated for the fall 2010 schedule.  SGU follows a band of soldiers, scientists and civilians, who must fend for …

SINGAPORE: Singaporean platforms StarHub and SingTel are struggling to reach a deal for World Cup 2010 rights, issuing a statement noting that the asking price to broadcast next year’s event has "escalated substantially." The rival platforms put together a joint …

LONDON: Channel 4 has greenlit a second season of Have You Been Watching, in which writer, comedian and Guardian columnist Charlie Brooker quizzes three guests on the week’s TV highlights. The first season achieved an average of 1.4 million viewers. …

SINGAPORE: The tenth edition of the Asia TV Forum (ATF) in Singapore earlier this month generated $88.7 million in programming sales, according to organizer Reed Exhibitions, a 20-percent gain on last year’s market. Highlights of the three-day event included a co-production …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC Universal has renewed its creative relationship for another three years with BermanBraun, which will continue to develop a broad range of scripted and unscripted projects on a first-look basis for all of the company’s TV divisions.    BermanBraun is the …

NEW YORK: The number of Americans choosing TV as their favorite type of media increased by 26 percent this year, according to the new Deloitte State of the Media Democracy survey, with the recession seeing consumers turning more to in-home …

UNIVERSAL CITY: The freshman musical dramedy Glee notched up four nominations for the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards, making it the most-nominated series, while HBO was once again the most-nominated network, with 17 nods in total.  FOX’s Glee faces off for …