World Screen

NEW YORK/BANGKOK: AETN International has licensed 100 hours of factual content to TV Thai, in its first deal with the public broadcaster. Thepchai Yong, the managing director of Thai Public Broadcasting Service, which operates TV Thai, said of the agreement: “As …

DOHA: Al Jazeera Children’s Channel (JCC) is continuing its emphasis on home-grown shows and co-productions as it targets kids and families in the Arab world and in Europe. “Our strategy remains to keep leveraging tools to best communicate and connect …

MONTREAL: Manon, a Canadian-French co-production from Cyber Group Studios, Planet Nemo and Sardine Productions, has been picked up by a fifth Canadian broadcaster, Treehouse. In Canada, Radio-Canada, TFO, Knowledge Network and SCN are already airing Manon. Tiji in France, Disney …

LONDON: Discovery Networks International has named Chris Shaw as senior VP of commercial development for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as the U.K. Shaw will work to maximize commercial opportunities across these markets, including the development and …

TORONTO: ABC TV in Australia is the latest broadcaster to come on board for the first season of Shaftesbury Sales Company’s new tween comedy Connor Undercover, while Daro has picked up the rights for Central and Eastern Europe and English-speaking …

HARRINGTON PARK: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has renewed its deal with Janson Media for the When Nature Strikes Back specials Monsoon and Landslides to air in Latin America. When Nature Strikes Back is a series of documentary specials about …

LONDON: In a deal with Disney-ABC-ESPN Television, Virgin Media Television’s entertainment channel LIVING has scooped up the rights to the new Courteney Cox comedy Cougar Town. The 13×1-hour series, about a recently divorced single mom in her 40s who starts …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has further expanded its international production capabilities, setting up new ventures in Spain and Italy. Marco Tombolini will lead Madrid-based Toro Producciones as senior VP and managing director. In Spain, SPT’s existing scripted and nonscripted operations, headed …

MEXICO CITY: Televisa Internacional has a diverse catalogue to present in Cannes, with series ranging from comedies to dramas, reality contests and a host of telenovelas to offer. In the way of drama series, Crazy About Love is a Televisa production …

LONDON: CBS Studios International has sold The Good Wife to More4, Accidentally on Purpose to E4 and NCIS: Los Angeles to Sky1. The critically lauded The Good Wife, starring Julianna Marguilies and Chris Noth, premieres in the U.K. on More4 with …