World Screen

CANNES: ITV Studios Global Entertainment will serve as the international distribution partner on several titles in the catalogue of Australia’s Foxtel.   ITV Studios takes all media rights, excluding Australia, for Foxtel’s portfolio of finished programming and formats that includes …

CANNES: Endemol has reached an agreement with the Abu Dhabi Media Company that includes both a local version of the new Jerry Seinfeld-executive produced series The Marriage Ref as well as the original NBC edition. Abu Dhabi Media Company has …

VIENNA: Thailand’s public broadcaster is launching a Wonderful Planet slot in prime time, where wildlife and science docs from Austrian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ORF) Universum strand can air.   The ORF titles air at 6 p.m. Monday through Friday in Wonderful …

CANNES: ITV Studios is to develop several of Mattel’s family entertainment board-game brands into TV formats and multiplatform properties, which ITV Studios Global Entertainment will distribute worldwide.   The deal includes brands such as Scrabble, Pictionary and Uno. The agreement …

LONDON: The children’s channel KidsCo is to launch on satellite TV provider Indovision in Indonesia as part of its Kids Pack.   With shows such as The Wiggles, Corduroy, Heathcliff and original content like Jass Time!, the channel will offer Indonesian …

LOS ANGELES: The dramedy Californication has been picked up for a fourth season by Showtime, following a record-breaking third run. The series’ third-season premiere was up 57 percent on season two, and 12 new episodes are set for a 2010 …

LONDON: HIT Entertainment has tapped Javier Garcia Bourgoing to serve as its representative for TV distribution in Latin America and the U.S Hispanic market.   Bourgoing will oversee distribution efforts in this region on titles such as Angelina Ballerina, Barney, …

MUNICH: RTL Television and Telepool have signed a new long-term contract, three years after their first cooperation, which includes the international rights to a range of existing and future RTL programs.   Included in the deal are shows such as …

DOHA: Al Jazeera’s English-language news network has launched on the Austar pay-TV platform in Australia. Al Jazeera English joins more than 40 other channels in Austar’s Starter Package, which reaches about 750,000 subs across regional Australia. Announcing the carriage deal, …

SINGAPORE: Southern Star Singapore, Southern Star Entertainment in Australia and Germany’s NDR are collaborating on the $9 million live-action series A gURLs wURLd. The international co-production, backed by the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) and Screen Australia, was launched …