World Screen

SINGAPORE: Oak3 Films, Medialab, Blink Films and China Intercontinental Communication Center (CICC), together with the MDA, are aligning for a Singapore/U.K./China co-production called Monumental Challenge that will air on HISTORY channels across Europe, Latin America and Asia. The new HD …

LONDON: CBeebies has struck a two-year partnership agreement with the Taronga Conservation Society Australia, which operates Sydney’s Taronga Zoo and Taronga Western Plains Zoo at Dubbo in regional New South Wales, to produce a series of educational interstitials: ZooBeebies. The 20×90-second stories about animals …

ABUJA/NEW YORK: Sesame Workshop is developing a new version of the long-running children’s series Sesame Street to bring messages about staying in school, girl’s empowerment and HIV/AIDS to Nigeria. Sesame Street Nigeria (working title) is made possible through a five-year grant from …

MELBOURNE: Japanese pubcaster NHK is working with National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) on the HD mini-series Megaquake. The show will air during NHK’s flagship NHK Special doc slot in Japan in the first quarter of 2010 as a four-part series, …

SINGAPORE: At the Asia TV Forum, the Media Development Authority of Singapore announced a deal with the U.K.’s South West Screen (SWS) agency to jointly develop multiplatform content. SWS is a development agency for the film, TV and digital media …

TORONTO: Playhouse Disney Canada, a multiplex channel from Family Channel featuring popular Disney programming and Canadian-produced children’s shows, is now available to subscribers of Bell Aliant in Atlantic Canada. Starting today, subscribers to Bell Aliant’s digital variety package will have access to …

  TORONTO: A new partnership between the Banff World Television Festival (BANFF) and nextMEDIA will see the two events run concurrently from June 13 to 16, 2010, at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel. During the four-day event, leading executives in …

TORONTO/OTTAWA: The newly formed Knight Magee Industries, jointly owned by Knight Enterprises and Magee TV, will focus on the development, production and distribution of original content across all platforms and brand extensions. Chris Knight, the president of Knight Enterprises, and …

STOCKHOLM: NonStop Television has started the rollout for a new version of the movie channel Showtime, customized for the Baltic region, starting with a launch in Estonia.  Elion, Starman and STV in Estonia are the first operators to carry the …