World Screen

MIAMI: Grey Goose Entertainment, the outfit behind Iconoclasts for Sundance Channel, has created the music-based series Rising Icons, which launches on BET on July 27. Each 30-minute show will feature an influential rising musical star. Created by Grey Goose Entertainment and …

SILVER SPRING: Science Channel and Popular Science Magazine are to present a look at the scientific and technological innovations that lie ahead in Popular Science’s Future Of, premiering August 10. Each episode will look at how one important characteristic of …

NEW YORK: Starz Media’s anime distribution arm, Manga Entertainment, will continue to program the two-hour Ani-Monday block on Syfy (formerly SCI FI Channel), and has reached a deal to deliver content to a block on sister NBC Universal-owned channel Chiller. …

BRISTOL: Icon Films has been commissioned by National Geographic Channels International, THIRTEEN and Channel 4 to produce The Airmen & The Headhunters, an hour-long documentary recounting a story of survival from World War II. The Airmen & The Headhunters tells …

MUNICH/LONDON: TV-Loonland has landed a number of deals across Asia for shows such as Leon and Pat & Stan. Disney Japan went for the 52×3-minute Leon, while Cartoon Network Japan took on the 78×7-minute Raymond. Nickelodeon Asia picked up 39 …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting has launched its first high-definition offering on its pay-TV platform in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: National Geographic Channel HD.  National Geographic Channel HD was part of the initial lineup when Viasat originally launched its HDTV offering for Sweden, …

LOS ANGELES: Faith & Family Entertainment, a producer of Christian-themed movies and mini-series, is launching an SVOD service on cable platform Cox Communications.   The new subscription-based service will offer Cox customers 20 faith-based, family-friendly movies each month, including six …

BURBANK: Good Luck Charlie, an original live-action comedy series about a family whose life is turned upside down with the arrival of a new baby sister, is scheduled to premiere on Disney Channels around the world in 2010. The multi-camera …

HONG KONG: Media Partners Asia is hosting its second Asia Media Summit this September, featuring speeches by senior executives from STAR India, Colors, Jupiter Telecommunications, Fox International Channels and Discovery Networks Asia Pacific, among others. The summit takes place at the …

SYDNEY: A new organizational structure for ABC TV’s children’s department will be introduced ahead of the launch of ABC3, along with a number of new appointments. "The ABC is entering a most exciting period in its long history of broadcasting …