World Screen

TORONTO: Cookie Jar has appointed Famosa as the exclusive toy licensee for Caillou in Mexico. Famosa’s range includes products such as 36cm figures, plush dolls, bath toys, a toy farm, vehicles and toy trains. They are now available at major retail outlets …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment’s animated series Dinosaur King has been renewed in the Netherlands, South Africa and Portugal, along with scoring a first-season agreement in Greece.  Disney XD in the Netherlands, MNET in South Africa and Canal Panda in Portugal …

PARIS: Ahead of next month’s Asia Television Forum (ATF), Moonscoop has signed a raft of deals with broadcasters throughout Asia, totaling 350 half hours. OKTO (previously TV12) of Singapore picked up the preschool shows Chloe’s Closet and Ava Riko Teo …

LONDON: Endemol has purchased independent producers Tiger Aspect and Darlow Smithson Productions and Tigress from IMG.  The deal, which is reportedly valued at £30 million ($49.9 million), will see Endemol globally representing the portfolio of all three companies via Endemol …

TORONTO/LONDON: DECODE Enterprises has sold the series Grandpa in My Pocket, originally commissioned by CBeebies, to a number of new international broadcasters, including RUV in Iceland.  Further broadcasters to have signed on for the series include HOP in Israel, okto …

STOCKHOLM: Sweden’s OTW Entertainment Television, part of the OTW Group, is the newest member to join Sparks Network. OTW Entertainment Television’s highlight productions are Everyday Heroes on TV4, a series to crown the Swede with the best civil courage; Sommar …

  LOS ANGELES: Lifetime Television has picked up the rights to re-air Diane Sawyer’s interview with pop star Rihanna in a half-hour format as Rihanna Speaks Out: A Lifetime and 20/20 Special on November 25. The original interview aired on …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) 2waytraffic has reached an agreement with SBS 6 in the Netherlands for a local version of the Move Like… format. SBS 6 has commissioned nine 90-minute episodes, slated to air in spring 2010. The format …

LONDON: A second season of the FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) soap opera format Forbidden Love (Zabranena Lyubov) has been picked up by Nova TV for Bulgaria. Nova has also extended rights on season one, allowing it to increase the number of episode …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution has sold 45 hours of programming across Latin America in deals with Discovery and Turner Networks. Discovery Latin America took a package that includes Deadly Women, a series that touches on some of the worlds most horrifying …