World Screen

WAARDER/MESVRES: KidsPlant, together with its producing partner POV Digital, is launching the new preschool series Balloopo.  The CG-animated 52×11-minute sitcom for preschoolers is set in a land made of balloons. Paru, a balloon boy, and his pal Balloopo work at …

LOS ANGELES: The syndicated magazine series Made in Hollywood from Connection III Entertainment has been renewed for a fifth season, while the sister series Made in Hollywood: Teen Edition was picked up for a fourth. Made in Hollywood is available …

LONDON: British satellite platform Sky has clinched a deal that makes its online TV service Sky Player available via IP Vision’s Fetch TV devices. From early next year, some of Sky’s most popular channels, including Sky Movies, Sky Sports and …

PALISADES PARK: In its 18th year as the exclusive international distributor for the American Music Awards (AMAs), Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. (AHDI) has firmed up a slew of broadcasters for the 2009 event. Foxtel in Australia, France’s Paris Premiere, VH1 …

LONDON: Channel 4 is to make its long-form original content available for free on YouTube in the U.K., with a library of about 3,000 hours available at any given time to British Internet users. Channel 4 will make its 4oD …

LONDON: 4Kids Entertainment and Chaotic USA have inked deals for products based on the Chaotic trading-card game and TV series in France with Tennessee and in Israel with Mitos International. In France, Tennessee will launch an exclusive Chaotic back-to-school range …

HONG KONG: Cartoon Network is launching in high definition across the Asia-Pacific region, rolling out first in Japan on SKYPerfect TV. Ben 10: Alien Force, Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Batman: The Brave and the Bold are among the …

NEW YORK: Anheuser-Busch’s new Bud Light Golden Wheat beer will serve as the exclusive sponsor of NBC’s Saturday Night Live this weekend, marking the first time in the show’s history that a single brand has purchased all of its national ad time. …

TORONTO: VisionTV has given the go-ahead to Hungry Eyes Film & Television for the original comedy-drama series She’s The Mayor. The show was selected from some 280 submissions that the multi-faith and multicultural network received in response to a call …

LOS ANGELES: NATPE’s long-rumored move has been confirmed for 2011, with a relocation from the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas—the setting for the upcoming event January 25 to 27—to the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach. The National Association of Television …