World Screen

LOS ANGELES: The Jim Henson Company has secured new broadcast deals with Nickelodeon in Australia and Al Jazeera in the Middle East for the CGI-animated series Dinosaur Train, in addition to signing up Selecta Vision as the home entertainment, TV …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has licensed four kids’ shows, including Fun with Claude and Igam Ogam, to Australian broadcaster ABC. The deal, brings Fun with Claude, Shaolin Wuzang and Igam Ogam to ABC1, while ABC2 will air Laura’s Star. ABC also opted for multiplatform elements for Igam …

TORONTO: Discovery Kids in Latin America is set to air Breakthrough Films & Television’s animated series My Big Big Friend, which will premiere in 2011. The 52×11-minute series is about three children and their imaginary friends. Through their imaginations, they …

WOODLAND HILLS: A further 21 half-hours of the comedy clip show It Only Hurts When I Laugh will be on offer from TvFilmBiz at MIPCOM. The show, from Brad Lachman Productions, starts airing this October in the U.S. on Tru …

ATHENS: The Skai Group in Greece has commissioned its first ever international format, ITV Studios’ Nanny 911, which will premiere in winter as part of the broadcaster’s prime-time lineup. The format has successfully aired in the U.S. on FOX, and …

BUENOS AIRES: Production has begun on Swindlers (Impostores), which Flor Latina Entertainment Group will be delivering internationally from December.   The story centers on the adventures of Alex and Vicky, two young swindlers with very different personalities. Alex is rational, …

VANCOUVER: Nerd Corps Entertainment has been given the greenlight for a second season of The League of Super Evil (L.O.S.E.), with new broadcasters signing on as well. Canada’s YTV, the commissioning broadcaster, has ordered 26 new half-hour episodes. The series …

October 2009 For players in the global children’s television business, these are challenging times. Despite the recession, the decline in advertising expenditures, and new-media platforms and devices all competing with the TV set for youngsters’ attention, it’s still possible to …

October 2009 On Europe’s television screens, locally produced drama has been taking on imported American network series for decades. This summer, there was an entirely new field on which that battle was fought—the United States. NBC aired the BBC One …

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 …