World Screen

MIAMI: Univision Network has slated the reality competition ¡Viva el Sueño! (Live the Dream!), which searches for the next big star in Latin music, to debut on August 30 at 8 p.m. With performers from the U.S., Latin America and …

HONG KONG/LOS ANGELES: STAR has expanded its relationship with Comcast in the San Francisco Bay Area, adding four additional Indian channels to the cable platform’s lineup, including a Hindi-language news channel and a Tamil entertainment service. STAR One, STAR India …

NEW YORK/COPENHAGEN: Elmo and his Danish friend Signe are to host Sesamgade, a Sesame Street programming lineup on TV2 in Denmark. Sesamgade will be featured on TV2’s weekend blcok Bavian, targeting 4- to 6-year-olds. Along with original Danish material, Sesamgade …

TORONTO: The highly anticipated new fall series Glee is being previewed on Global’s website ahead of its September launch on the Canadian broadcaster. Global TV is offering up the pilot episode of the show—which FOX in the U.S. previewed on …

NEW YORK: HBO Documentary Films has picked up the rights to the Sundance Award-winning doc feature about Tolo TV’s American Idol-style talent competition Afghan Star. Since 2005, the Afghani broadcaster has been airing the singing competition, which, in allowing viewers to …

LOS ANGELES: ITV Studios, Roberts/David Films and Sony/ATV Music Publishing have teamed up to develop current and classic country music hits into a series of one-hour dramatic episodes for the anthology series American Storytellers, which Grammy-winning recording artist Clint Black …

NEW YORK: The percentage of Americans streaming full-length TV shows and movies on the Internet has more than doubled in the last six months, according to research from Ipsos MediaCT’s biannual MOTION Study. In the past 30 days, 26 percent of …

BURBANK: The new Disney Channel short-form series Where is Warehouse Mouse? stars the popular puppet character from the hit Playhouse Disney series Imagination Movers and is set to debut on August 24. The series, which will launch with four episodes on …

CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Entertainment shelled out a reported $60 million for the rights to Michael Jackson’s last concert rehearsals for use in a special that will be released theatrically this October. SPE and Sony Music Entertainment have set October …

ATLANTA: TNT has picked up a sophomore season of the medical drama HawthoRNe, starring and executive produced by Jada Pinkett Smith. Created by John Masius (St. Elsewhere, Dead Like Me), the series is averaging 3.8 million viewers in its first …