World Screen

LONDON: TV Azteca in Mexico and Sun TV in India are among the latest broadcasters to sign on for BKN New Media’s Zorro: Generation Z. TV Azteca and Sun TV both went for the first season of 26 22-minute episodes, …

STRASBOURG: The European Audiovisual Observatory reports that the production of feature films in the EU reached record levels last year, with 1,145 titles produced in the 27 member states. The releases included 878 fiction feature films and 267 feature docs. …

CHICAGO: Playboy Enterprises’ first quarter results show a $13.7 million loss for the period, up from $4.2 million last year, on revenues that were down by 22 percent to $61.6 million. The quarter’s results included $3.2 million in restructuring charges …

HONG KONG: The Hindi general-entertainment channel STAR PLUS is to serve as the exclusive broadcaster for the 2009 International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) Awards, reaching 150 million viewers in the Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, the U.S. and …

LOS ANGELES: The new Star Trek movie opened with a $72.5-million North American box-office intake this weekend, rising to the number one spot and topping the opening weekend grosses of all previous releases in the 40-year-old franchise. The J.J. Abrams reboot, …

BARCELONA: A number of deals have been signed across Latin America by Imira Entertainment from its third-party slate, which includes the likes of the Jonathan M. Schiff/ZDF Enterprises live-action series The Elephant Princess. The Elephant Princess went to Chilean free-TV …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Alaskan Killer Shark, co-produced by National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) and Off the Fence Productions, takes an in-depth look into the hidden world of Alaska’s salmon sharks. In co-production with Dangerous Passage Productions, the documentary uses cutting-edge camera …

LOS ANGELES: Ovation TV has scooped up the BBC music program Later…with Jools Holland, and will run the show exclusively for the next 27 new episodes. Ovation TV will kick off the series with a Labor Day weekend marathon showcasing …

TOKYO/BURBANK: Japanese channel operator Jupiter Entertainment has picked up a package of more than 80 feature films from Warner Bros. International Television for broadcast on its Movie Plus outlet. The three-year deal gives the CS channel the rights to carry …

EL SEGUNDO: The Indian channels NDTV Good Times, a lifestyle offering, and NDTV Profit, a business network, are now available on DIRECTV’s international programming service. NDTV Good Times is travel and lifestyle channel that is targeted for viewers who are …