World Screen

TORONTO: Principal photography is under way on the new 13-part Canadian drama Cra$h & Burn from Whizbang Films, in association with Canwest, for launch on Showcase this November. Created by Malcolm MacRury (ZOS: Zone of Separation, Deadwood), the series is being billed …

NEW YORK: Steven Selikoff takes on the newly created role of VP of development for series at RHI Entertainment in a further expansion of the company’s Los Angeles programming office, which opened in May. In his new role, reporting to …

SYDNEY: XYZnetworks’ The LifeStyle Channel has commissioned Southern Star Entertainment to produce the 12×30-minute gardening series Garden Angels, presented by horticulturalists Melissa King, Jody Rigby and Linda Ross. Garden Angels will premiere on September 3 at 7:30 p.m. on The …

LONDON: BT Vision has inked a deal with Sony Pictures Television for the video-on-demand rights to a range of new and library feature films, including Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins. The British digital TV service will also have the rights to Angels …

ROME: Fox Internationals Italy is launching a new channel, devoted to classic TV series from the 70s, 80s and 90s, on the SKY Italia platform. The launch of Fox Retro on August 1 brings the number of Fox International Channels …

Last month, BBC Worldwide further expanded its slate of children’s properties with the acquisition of the global distribution rights for TV, merchandise, DVD and publishing to ZingZillas. The new commission for  CBeebies is a musical show for preschoolers that premieres …

  TORONTO: Temple Street Productions and Family Channel in Canada have begun principal photography on Angel on Campus, with production continuing throughout the summer in Toronto. The series was created by Frank van Keekan (Kids in the Hall, Mad About You), who …

BOULOGNE: TF1 has released its financials for the first half of the year, showing a 16-percent decrease in revenues to 1.1 billion euros, with net profit down 61 percent to 49 million euros. French broadcasting revenues took the biggest hit, …

NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide has sold the preschool series 3rd & Bird!, created by Josh Selig and produced by his company, Little Airplane Productions, to Canada’s Treehouse. Aimed at 3- to 5-year-olds, the series will premiere on Treehouse on Monday, …

NEW YORK: This September, Marvel will premiere The Super Hero Squad Show on Cartoon Network, and has signed up Tom Kenny, who voices SpongeBob SquarePants, to lend his talents to the characters of Iron Man, Captain America and M.O.D.O.K. Kenny …