World Screen

LOS ANGELES: American Cinema International (ACI) has taken on the worldwide sales rights for two titles from Initiate Productions, Stay Cool and Smell of Success, which the Los Angeles-based distributor will be presenting for the first time at the AFM. …

This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM ’09 issue. Executive VP, Alternative Programming NBC and Universal Media Studios Paul Telegdy is known for his expertise in trans-Atlantic co-productions. When he worked for BBC Worldwide America, he oversaw the sale and …

HONG KONG: E! Entertainment Television in the Asia Pacific is slated to launch E! News Asia in the second quarter of 2010 as part of Comcast International Media Group’s (CIMG) strategy to expand its local production output in the region. At the …

Nearly everyone is familiar with Monopoly, Twister and Transformers—all popular brands from Hasbro. Not everyone knows that Hasbro, today a leader in the toy industry, was founded in 1923 by the brothers Henry and Helal Hassenfeld as a textile company. …

NASHVILLE: The Documentary Channel (DOC) is to present two exclusive U.S. premieres that explore issues of polygamy, abuse and under-age marriage practiced by the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (FLDS) cult, led by Warren Jeffs. On November 20 at 8 p.m., …

LOS ANGELES: On the heels of teaming up to develop the comic book Indestructible Man as a TV series, FOX 21 and Platinum Studios are working together on Gunplay, with X-Files and Final Destination writer and producer Glen Morgan attached to …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM ’09 issue.   Earlier this year, Endemol announced that it was acquiring the Southern Star Group from Fairfax Media. Endemol saw in the Australian production-and-distribution company an attractive library of 14,000 hours, …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM ’09 issue. Middle Eastern broadcasting is suffering its greatest state of disarray in the past 15 years. Two old—and struggling—pay-TV protagonists, Orbit and Showtime Arabia, have decided to throw in their individual …

BURBANK: Featuring a mix of 2-D digital animation and photo collage, Fish Hooks (working title) is being produced by Disney Television Animation for Disney Channels Worldwide. The show follows three aquatic friends in a fish tank—Milo, Oscar and Bea—who experience …

SILVER SPRING: The BBC’s epic natural-history series Life will be narrated by Oprah Winfrey when it airs on Discovery Channel in the U.S. in March 2010. The 11-part series is a follow up to the BBC’s ambitious Planet Earth and focuses …