World Screen

NEW YORK: ABE Toons is a new online video site, launched by Starz Digital Media at ABEToons.com, that serves as a destination for animated shorts.   The portal launches with a special ABE Toons Talent Search, which looks for the next …

NEW YORK: AMC has given the go-ahead to Rubicon, a new 12-episode thriller from Warner Horizon Television starring James Badge Dale, Lili Taylor and Miranda Richardson. This is AMC’s third original series order, following the critically acclaimed Mad Men and Breaking …

LOS ANGELES: Lionsgate Television International has renewed its output deal with Prime Television in New Zealand, covering a range of broadcast and cable network series as well as a number of first-run feature films. The deal was brokered by Tim Stuart, …

NEW YORK: The Sundance Channel docuseries Brick City, executive produced by Forest Whitaker and filmmakers Marc Levin and Mark Benjamin, launches on September 21 at 10 p.m., airing for five consecutive nights. The five one-hour episodes spotlight thee challenges facing …

LOS ANGELES: Following Monday night’s episode of Jon & Kate Plus 8, during which the much talked about couple announced they were filing for divorce—garnering a record 10.6 million viewers for TLC—the Discovery Communications-owned cable network has announced that the …

BOSTON: APT Worldwide has secure the international representation rights for the special Artist’s Table, featuring chef Jacques Pépin and renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman.  Produced by Full Plate Media, the special features the two luminaries indulging in conversation, while they plan, present …

NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA: At a press conference in New York this morning, Time Warner announced a partnership with Comcast Corporation that gives the cable giant’s customers online access to a slate of Turner Broadcasting content. As part of the TV Everywhere …

LONDON: Windfall Films has been tapped to deliver a fourth season of Monster Moves, a doc series distributed by Cineflix International, for British broadcaster Five. The six-part series watches as a team of engineers are challenged to move large structures …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises and Jonathan M. Shiff Productions have signed an extension of their creative partnership, which has brought about hit series such as The Elephant Princess, for a further six years. The successful live-action series Wicked Science and H20: …

LONDON: GroupM has released its latest forecasts for global ad spend, predicting a 5.5 percent decrease this year to $417 billion, slowing to a 1.4-percent decline in 2010 to $411 billion. The BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are …