World Screen

It’s official. Even though we have been hearing that vague “whenever, wherever” catch phrase repeated over and over for the past few years, there is now irrefutable evidence: people want movies and TV shows at the most convenient time and …

HONG KONG: Cartoon Network Asia is working with the Malaysian outfit Animasia on a cricket-based animated series that is set to premiere on its Indian feed in the second half of this year. The show, unveiled at MIPCOM this week, will focus …

LOS ANGELES: Following the record-breaking premiere of season four of the acclaimed drama Dexter, Showtime has announced plans to debut a series of animated webisodes to accompany the series. Dexter: Early Cuts is a 12-part series consisting of four, one to …

CANNES: The series Border Patrol and Coastwatch are headed to SBS Denmark through a new deal secured by ALL3MEDIA International. Border Patrol looks at the New Zealand Customs Service as they protect the country borders from drug smugglers and other …

CANNES: ITV Studios Global Entertainment sold more than 40 hours of prime-time drama series to Fox Channels Italy, while Romanian Television went for more than 200 hours of programming. Included in the Fox Channels Italy deal were Murdoch Mysteries, Bonekickers …

NEW YORK/LONDON: This November, HBO will premiere a doc co-production with Channel 4, narrated by Fareed Zakaria, about last year’s attacks in Mumbai, featuring exclusive accounts and telephone intercepts of the terrorists. Terror in Mumbai promises to provide the first-ever 360-degree view …

LOS ANGELES: FIFA has tapped Kevin Wall and his company Control Room as the executive producer of the official kick-off celebration concert of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. On June 10, 2010, the newly renovated Orlando stadium in …

CANNES: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has scored three deals in its home-entertainment division, bolstering its distribution in Eastern Europe and expanding its catalogue in Australia and New Zealand. FME secured an exclusive output deal with Intersonic in the Czech Republic and …

CANNES: Hareport, a co-production between CAKE Entertainment and TeamTO, Filmwerken and Vivi Film, has secured a round of international sales. The 3-D action-comedy series sold to SVT in Sweden, NRK in Norway, YLE in Finland, A&Y in Russia, Minimax in …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting is to begin marketing and selling its pay-TV channel packages to subscribers of the Estonian broadband and IPTV services provider Elion. Of Elion’s 175,000 broadband customers, 88,000  subscribe to its IPTV offering. Viasat’s Estonian free-TV channels (TV3, TV6 …