World Screen

LONDON: LIVING is slated to exclusively air a new six-part series centered on pop-culture icon and Baywatch alum David Hasselhoff, starting in September. The new series will follow Hasselhoff as he spends his summer in the U.K. along with his daughters, Hayley …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide is bringing the live-entertainment production Charlie & Lola: A Play to Brazil, to be performed in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro from summer 2009 through to summer 2010. Charlie & Lola: A Play (Charlie e Lola: …

LOS ANGELES: AECG, which provides a range of services and content to the film and TV communities, has appointed Jonathan Axelrod as its COO. Axelrod is an an award-winning independent producer of television and film. His previous posts include serving …

LONDON/NEW YORK: Roger James, the VP of business and legal affairs for MTV Networks U.K., Ireland and International, will expand his role to include all of MTVNI’s business and legal affairs. As senior VP and general counsel for MTVNI and …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has reached an agreement with Dutch cable operator Ziggo to make movies available on a subscription video-on-demand and transactional video-on-demand basis via set-top box in the Netherlands. The movies available from SPT span action, comedy, …

LONDON: NBC Universal Global Networks has renewed its carriage deal with MultiChoice for Hallmark Channel to remain available to more than 2 million subscribers in South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa. Hallmark Channel viewers in Africa will be able to enjoy …

NEW YORK/LONDON: Following on a launch in Bulgaria, HISTORY continues to expand its footprint in Central Europe with carriage on BOOM TV in Romania, alongside the debut of its high-definition channel. The channel will broadcast 100 percent HD content and …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Channel and Military Channel have teamed up for the world premiere of Somali Pirate Takedown: The Real Story, a special that features new footage of the pirates aboard the rogue lifeboat as well as the first-ever broadcast …

OTTAWA: South Africa’s M-Net has slated Amberwood Entertainment’s animated series RollBots to air on KTV in September. Having premiered this past September on Canada’s YTV, RollBots is slated for September launch in the U.S. on The CW in the morning …

STOCKHOLM: Schwartzkopff TV in Germany, Collaboration, Inc. in Japan and Pelican in Russia are the latest members to join Sparks Network. Schwartzkopff TV has secured a strong position in Germany as a producer of talk-show formats, event and galas as …