World Screen

CANNES: Saladin The Animated TV Series, a co-production venture between Malaysia’s Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and Qatar-based Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC), was unveiled last night at a special screening at the Carlton in Cannes.  The 26-episode 3-D animated series …

CANNES: BBC Worldwide has announced the commission of the new live-action kids’ series Penelope K, By The Way, its first original production for the international CBeebies channel that will debut in Australia next year. Developed by Sydney-based Blink Films and …

CANNES: ITV Studios Spain, a newly created production center based in Madrid, will be led by Fran Garcia as managing director. This is the sixth production center from ITV Studios, which has operations based in Los Angeles, Cologne, Stockholm, Sydney …

CANNES: BBC Worldwide announnced sales agreements in Central and Eastern Europe and New Zealand at MIPCOM this week on a variety of titles in its extensive slate. The company has clinched deals covering 14 broadcasters across CEE. Announcing the agreements, Heike Renner, BBC …

MUNICH: SevenOne International has sold the dramedy S1NGLE to ORF1 in Austria, while a local version of its hit game show Beat your Host! is headed to TV2 in Hungary. S1NGLE, about three girlfriends who stand by each other through …

CANNES: Studio100 Media and Wish Films UK have struck a co-production and distribution agreement for the new animated series Florrie’s Dragons. Based on the book Dear Dragon, the 52×10-minute Florrie’s Dragons is targeted at children 3 to 6. The series …

CANNES: In town to promote The Marriage Ref, a new comedy panel series he is executive producing with Ellen Rakieten for NBC, Jerry Seinfeld told World Screen Newsflash: "I feel more confident about this than most other things I’ve done." Endemol is …

CANNES: Universal Networks International has joined forces with E1 Entertainment to co-finance Haven, a 13×1-hour series based on the Steven King novella The Colorado Kid. The series is set to begin production early 2010, due to air by fall 2011. …

CANNES: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Mark Burnett have developed a new hour-long competition series inspired by the iconic show Fantasy Island.  Set in a resort hotel on an exotic island, the series will follow 12 contestants who will compete …

CANNES: At a press conference this morning, Globo TV International and Telemundo Internacional unveiled details of their new co-production El Clon, which premieres in 2010 and has already sold across much of the Americas. The telenovela is a Hispanic version of …