World Screen

HILVERSUM: Endemol Sport has entered into a multimedia partnership with the Dutch football club Ajax that includes match day coverage, an online channel, international programming blocks and more. The deal follows Endemol Sport clinching a similar deal with the British …

TORONTO: Irish channel TG4 has picked up six series from DECODE Enterprises, a deal totaling more than 120 half-hours. TG4 has taken on live-action My Spy Family and preschool animated shows Franny’s Feet, Animal Mechanicals and Bo on the GO! …

MONTREAL: Telefilm Canada is partnering with the CFC (Canadian Film Centre) and Just For Laughs for an initiative that aims to develop five original feature-film comedies. The Telefilm Canada Features Comedy Lab will commence in November, with submissions due September …

TORONTO: Spin Master has signed a deal with Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) to be the master global toy licensor for the forthcoming theatrical release The Last Airbender, from Nickelodeon Movies and Paramount Pictures. Directed by M. Night Shyamalan …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide is to manage the MasterChef brand in the U.K. and Ireland under a partnership deal with Shine Television. The three-year deal will focus on a multiplatform licensing program for the brand that includes live events, licensed product, …

NEW YORK: President Barack Obama’s fourth press conference attracted 24.7 million viewers on Wednesday night, half the number that tuned in to his first, in February, and 14-percent down on the 28.8 million who watched his last televised address in April. …

LONDON: The factual series Million Dollar Catch has secured a number of sales in the U.K., Australia and Europe, while Chopper Squad has been notching up presales, with ALL3MEDIA International handing distribution on both titles. Originally produced by Great Southern Television for …

LONDON/BURBANK: Virgin Media Television picked up the exclusive linear and digital broadcast rights for season five and future sixth season of Supernatural for LIVING in the U.K., and also went for a third season and future fourth season of Chuck …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD: After four decades of serving Hollywood, 20th Century Props is going out of business, putting more than 93,000 items, from the rattan furniture used on The Golden Girls to Howard Hughes’ desk from The Aviator, on the auction …

  SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: TBS has ordered an additional 20 episodes of the comedy Tyler Perry’s House of Payne, taking the total for the series to 172 episodes. TBS has ordered a total of 46 new episodes of House of Payne in …