World Screen

BUENOS AIRES: Dori Media Group and Rosstoc are co-producing Ciega a Citas (Date Blind), a daily telenovela inspired by a blog penned by Carolina Aguirre, writing as Lucía González. Ciega a Citas tells of Lucía, a 31-year-old journalist who goes through …

NASHVILLE: Four international documentaries are to make their U.S. TV premieres on The Documentary Channel (DOC) in its Monday night Primetime Premieres lineup this September. DOC will present the U.S. TV premiere of The Water Project: Bahrain on September 7 …

OAKBROOK TERRACE: Redbox this morning announced that it has filed suit against Warner Home Video, taking issue with the studio’s new distribution terms. It has been a busy few weeks for the DVD kiosk operator as it takes on the …

LOS ANGELES: CBS Fall Preview, a prime-time special looking at the network’s upcoming lineup, will be hosted by the stars of How I Met Your Mother, and will air on September 2. Airing at 8:30 p.m., CBS Fall Preview will …

NEW ORLEANS: Nickelodeon has unveiled plans for its first-ever outdoor theme park, aligning with Southern Star Amusements (SSA) to build a new family destination in New Orleans. Nickelodeon’s expansion into the travel and leisure space already includes the Nickelodeon Family Suites in Orlando, …

NEW YORK: Time Warner has inked a seven-year deal with Nielsen covering television, online and mobile measurement services, among other forms of audience research. With the agreement, Nielsen will provide its measurement services to Turner Broadcasting, The CW Television Network, HBO and …

VICTORIA: Australian distributor Short Attention has sold its cooking lifestyle series Boys Weekend to BBC Worldwide Channels to air in select territories on BBC Lifestyle. The show heads to BBC Lifestyle across Scandinavia, Africa and the Middle East. Boys Weekend …

TORONTO: Cookie Jar Entertainment’s new season of Caillou will start airing on Canadian preschool network Treehouse on September 7, with a sneak peek available online. The show will air Monday through Friday at 7:30 a.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1 p.m., …

LONDON: British consumers would rather scale back on dining out and going to the movies over cutting back on how much they spend for TV services, according to a report from Deloitte and YouGov. The Deloitte/YouGov research, Television’s Got Talent, …

LOS ANGELES: PorchLight Entertainment has inked a long-term agreement with E1 Entertainment Distribution that covers newly produced holiday releases as well as kids’ and family titles such as Adventures from The Book of Virtues. E1 Entertainment will distribute PorchLight’s December …