World Screen

NEW YORK: Verizon has added even more HD and VOD programming choices for FiOS TV customers who subscribe to premium content packages. FiOS TV subscribers who have HBO and Cinemax can soon enjoy the HD channel feeds for both. With …

LONDON: Five is set to air a host of new original commissions in its fall schedule, while Fiver has stocked a raft of U.S. acquisitions in its upcoming grid. Highlights of Five’s fall schedule include FlashForward, the highly anticipated U.S. …

LOS ANGELES: With just a little less than a week to go before the two-hour finale of the 11th season of Big Brother, CBS has announced the show’s return for summer 2010. A 12th season is planned for the three-times-a-week …

LOS ANGELES: Lookout Point is a new venture focused on the co-production and financing of international drama, founded by Simon Vaughan, formerly of Alchemy Television. Vaughan was one of the original founders of Alchemy Television and before that was at …

LONDON: In a deal with BBC Worldwide, UKTV’s family entertainment channel Watch has secured the British multichannel broadcast rights to season nine of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, launching this fall with a lineup that includes Kelly Osbourne. The American adaptation …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment has licensed the latest series in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise to YTV in Canada, which also scored the rights to the comedy adventure series Gogoriki. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds is the ninth season in the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. YTV has …

LOS ANGELES: TV Guide Network has reached a deal for the exclusive basic cable rights to Punk’d, Ashton Kutcher’s celebrity hidden camera series for MTV, to air as a weekly one-hour strip. The one-year deal includes 100 half-hour episodes for launch …

MONTREAL: Madeleine Lévesque, former director of original productions at TELETOON, has joined Sardine Productions to lead development and production initiatives. Lévesque will identify and secure new projects to add to the company’s expanding development and production slate for both Canada …

LONDON: Endemol Worldwide Distribution, bringing together the Endemol International and Southern Star International program catalogues, is set to launch at MIPCOM, led by Cathy Payne as CEO. The launch of the new division at the Endemol Group follows the company’s acquisition of …

MONTREAL: Telefilm Canada has named Roxane Girard as the director of its television business unit.  Girard was previously director of television for the French market, a role she had held since April 2006. Girard specializes in funding for enterprises and projects …