World Screen

NEW YORK/ATLANTA: Cartoon Network in the U.S. has picked up 4Kids Entertainment’s Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s and Chaotic: M’arrillian Invasion for launch next month, as well as the third season of Chaotic, which is due for a fall delivery. “This is tremendous for Yu-Gi-Oh! and Chaotic fans across …

TORONTO: Shaftesbury Films is set to receive the 2009 Lionsgate/Maple Pictures Innovative Producer Award, which recognizes entrepreneurial excellence and achievements of an independent producer in Canada, at the Banff World Television Festival (BANFF) next month.  Christina Jennings, the chairman and CEO of Shaftesbury …

NEW YORK: ION Media Networks has filed for bankruptcy as part of financial restructuring that aims to convert all of its debt into equity. The financial restructuring aims to extinguish over $2.7 billion in legacy indebtedness and preferred stock and capitalize …

NEW YORK: Three new dramas, including an NCIS spinoff, and one new comedy are heading to CBS in the fall, along with Medium, which was cancelled by NBC, while Without a Trace and The Unit are among the series being axed. …

SILVER SPRING: Three new interactive entertainment licensing deals have been inked surrounding the Discovery Channel brand and hit series Deadliest Catch and Cash Cab. CapCom is to create a mobile game around the series Cash Cab. Each player will race …

NEW YORK: Animal Planet’s River Monsters, produced by Icon Films, notched up record viewership of more than a million households in its seven episodes, making it the best-performing series in network history. The series delivered triple-digit gains among all key …

LONDON: Included in Power’s action-packed lineup of thrillers and dramas for the L.A. Screenings is The Day of the Triffids, a contemporary take on John Wyndham’s international bestseller. The 2×2-hour mini-series follows as a highly dangerous crop of plants mutate …

LOS ANGELES: The View co-host Sherri Sheperd is set to star in her own comedy series, Sherri, for Lifetime Television. Produced by Lifetime Studios, Sherri follows a newly single mom, who is a paralegal and part-time comedienne/actress. Starring alongside Sheperd …

LONDON: National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has taken on 20 new hours of programming, striking deals with four independent producers. The science title Catching Cancer is being produced by Australia’s December Films, in association with Pemberton Films for ABC Australia. …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has appointed Keith Hindle as regional CEO for the Americas, covering the U.S., Canada, Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean. Hindle will develop, set and implement a strategy for FME’s Americas’ businesses, reporting to David Ellender, …