World Screen

NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide and YouTube have renewed their global partnership, including the creation of a BBC America channel for the U.S. BBC Worldwide today debuts its new YouTube channel Explore with BBC Worldwide, featuring clips from renowned BBC factual …

LONDON: British actor David Suchet, best known for his portrayal of Hercule Poirot, will take a trip on the Orient Express for a new ITV1 documentary that will be represented worldwide by ITV Global Entertainment. Produced by ITV Studios, the …

BURBANK: Heather Kenyon has been appointed VP of project development and sales for Starz Animation, working with both Starz Animation Toronto and Film Roman to expand its slate of animated product. Though based at Film Roman’s headquarters in Burbank, Kenyon …

NEW YORK: Peacock Equity, the investment fund operated by NBC Universal and GE Capital’s Media, Communications & Entertainment business, has participated, along with two other investors, in a $7 million financing round for the women’s online destination BlogHer. Founded in 2005, BlogHer now reaches …

NEW YORK: Turner Broadcasting executives highlighted the success of the original programming strategy at TNT, TBS and truTV at the company’s Upfront in New York, unveiling a host of upcoming titles and development projects from the likes of Steven Spielberg and Steven …

PARIS: The DVD and video rights for all seasons of Moonscoop’s animated series Code Lyoko and SamSam have been awarded to Warner Home Video for Spain. Code Lyoko, produced by Moonscoop with France 3 and Canal J, is scoring strong …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) is co-producing the four-part series Helicopter Wars, which recounts the personal bravery and dangers of four military missions where helicopter crews risked their own lives to aid others, with Windfall Films. The series …

MIAMI: Without Breasts There is No Paradise from Telemundo Internacional is launching in Romania on Acasa TV on June 18, in an 8:30 p.m. time slot. The telenovela, starring Carmen Villalobos, has aired with strong results in Bolivia and Colombia, …

PHILADELPHIA: The preschool channel Sprout is to become the exclusive U.S. home for the entertainers The Wiggles, who will be hosting a new three-hour morning block from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. In addition to this new original programming, filmed …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Dan Glickman, the chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), is calling for governments around the world to enact stronger legislation to protect intellectual property, particularly given the impact the recession is having on the …