World Screen

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International has expanded its presence in Central and Eastern Europe, with four of its novelas rolling out in Georgia and Albania. In Albania, Top Channel has begun broadcasting Pure Beauty, following its success with Globo’s Her Own …

LONDON: Spanish broadcaster TV3 has picked up two preschool series from Evergreen Entertainment: Spirello and a second season of Shapes.  The 26×4-minute Spirello is filled with stories, available both narrated and sung. TV3 successfully aired season one of Shapes, and …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is to take on the exclusive rights to distribute DVDs for Revelation Films’ TV and film titles in the U.K. and Eire. The first title to be released by FME under the new deal is At …

KUALA LUMPUR: Li: Life Inspired, a new Asian lifestyle channel, has picked up a host of programming from Scripps Networks‘ HGTV and Food Network brands. Included in the deal are titles such as HGTV Design Star, Deserving Design, Color Splash, …

LONDON/NEW YORK: Chorion has secured a deal with Simon & Schuster UK for book tie-ins for its new preschool property The Octonauts. The new series has already presold to CBeebies in the U.K., TF1 in France and ABC in Australia, …

LOS ANGELES: The documentaries Obsession: Radical Islam’s War Against the West and The Third Jihad: Radical Islam’s Vision for America are set to debut on AmericanLife Network (ALN) on December 6 and October 18, respectively. The Third Jihad and Obsession …

TORONTO: The Alliance for Children and Television’s (ACT) upcoming 2009 Children, Youth & Media Conference in Toronto will feature Anna Home, the chair of the U.K.’s Save Kids’ TV organization, as the keynote speaker. The 2009 CYM Conference is taking place November …

LONDON: Five has commissioned Parthenon Entertainment to produce a one-off doc exploring the facts behind Dan Brown’s new bestselling novel The Lost Symbol. The Lost Symbol: Truth or Fiction will air October 21—five weeks after the publication of Brown’s follow-up to The Da …

TORONTO: Subscribers to The Movie Network on cable platform Bell TV can now access the premium channel’s movies, series and other content online at no extra cost, via the new The Movie Network OnLine broadband service. TMN OnLine delivers about 130 hours per …

LONDON: A string of sales have been secured by MTV Networks International (MTVNI) on programs from its comedy catalogue across Asia, Europe and the Middle East.  A two-year deal will see South Park heading to NRJ12 in France for the …