World Screen

ROME: BabyTV has secured carriage on SKY Italia, beginning July 31, adding 4.7 million subscribers to its distribution base. The channel, localized in Italian, will be part of the platform’s Kids Pack. Announcing the launch, Diego Londono, the managing director of …

PARIS: France Télévisions Distribution and FrenchTV has secured options in ten markets for the game-show format My Family vs The Nation. French TV is producing a version for France 2, while production is set to begin shortly in Spain. Deals …

LONDON: UKTV’s crime and drama channel Alibi has picked up all 178 episodes of Diagnosis Murder, the Dick Van Dyke drama that ran on CBS from 1993 to 2001. Alibi has scored all eight seasons of the show from CBS …

BURBANK: Defying Gravity, a space thriller set in the near future, from Fox Television Studios and Omni Film Productions, is slated for an August 2 premiere on ABC. From executive producers James Parriott and Michael Edelstein, the show focuses on …

ENGLEWOOD/PHILADELPHIA: Starz Entertainment has joined Comcast’s On Demand Online trial, delivering web access to a range of movies and original series at no extra charge to subscribers of the premium movie service. The trial will initially make 300 movies and …

BRUSSELS: The European Union’s commissioner for information society and media, Viviane Reding, is calling on member states to accelerate the digital transition ahead of the 2012 deadline, arguing that the resulting "digital dividend" could be transformed into 50 billion euros worth …

BURBANK: Disney Channel will begin production on the Camp Rock sequel this summer for a 2010 premiere, with Demi Lovato, Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas and Nick Jonas reprising their original roles. Camp Rock 2 The Final Jam will also star Matthew …

COLORADO SPRINGS/PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation is working with the U.S. Olympic Committee to launch a new cable channel, U.S. Olympic Network (USON), next year after the Vancouver Games, in a move that has been criticized by the International Olympic Committee. Broadcasting …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: The Bridge, E1 Entertainment’s new drama for CBS and CTV, has scored slots with the AXN channels in Latin America and Italy and Sony Entertainment Television in Africa, among other deals. E1 has also announced deals with Marathon/Double V …

LOS ANGELES: The Gurin Company has clinched format deals on First & Last, a docu-entertainment series, in Australia, New Zealand, Greece, the Netherlands and Belgium. Produced as a pilot for TNT, the show, in each hour-long episode, follows a person doing something for the first …