World Screen

Chief Executive Southern Star  April 2009 One of the biggest pieces of news from the media business that wasn’t about plunging profits or drastic cuts came earlier this year when Endemol announced it was acquiring the Southern Star Group from …

April 2009 “What are a stegosaurus and a tyrannosaurus rex doing with their heads pointed up toward the sky? They are watching the meteor that is about to crash down on them.” With this quip, Paolo Landi, a professor of …

MIAMI: RCTV International’s telenovela Calle Luna Calle Sol (Worlds Apart) delivered the highest ratings and share for TCTV in Ecuador in its premiere on June 1. Worlds Apart is a love story set between two different worlds, where social position is …

BUDAPEST: HBO Central Europe and Dori Media Distribution have struck a deal for the format rights to the Israeli series Be’Tipul, which was adapted and produced by HBO in the U.S. as In Treatment. HBO Central Europe has acquired the …

BURBANK: Lifetime Television has picked up the basic cable premiere rights to Overture Films’ Mad Money from Starz Media. The film follows a woman on the verge of losing her upper-middle-class lifestyle, and takes on a job as a janitor …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment’s popular Chaotic trading-card game has started rolling out at retail in Germany, supported by the premiere of the Chaotic series on RTL II. The hit trading-card game, distributed in Germany through Universal Cards, is now available …

MUNICH/LONDON: TV-Loonland and France’s Gulli TV have commissioned two new seasons of the hit animated comedy Raymond, produced by Everybody on Deck. The additional 52 7-minute episodes complement the existing 26 episodes of the show. Raymond focuses on a super …

LONDON: Ludorum’s train-based preschool property Chuggington has been picked up in the U.S. to air in Disney Channel’s Playhouse Disney programming block. Slated for launch in the U.S. in spring 2010, Chuggington has been licensed to 145 territories worldwide since …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide Channels has acquired the chat show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross for its networks such as BBC America. Featuring a mix of comedy, celebrity chat and music, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross will air from June on …

LOS ANGELES: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has inked renewals for the E! International Network in Germany, France and the Netherlands, alongside new channel launches for E! and The Style Network in Croatia and Iceland. In Germany, Kabel Deutschland Group …