World Screen

NEW YORK: Forbes and E! Entertainment have signed a two-year partnership to produce eight hour-long celebrity specials, along with two half-hour celeb-lifestyle pilots. The shows will be broadcast in HD and will feature content based on Forbes editorial, offering a …

LONDON: High-definition versions of BBC programs the likes of Robin Hood and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross are now available on BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media. Virgin Media is the first TV platform to make BBC iPlayer available in full-screen …

TORONTO: As its American counterpart prepares to ballot members, the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) has accepted the terms of a renewal of its agreement with the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA) and the Association des …

LONDON: The preschool series Mike the Knight and tween-skewing Kids Hate Clowns are among the new series on HIT Entertainment’s development slate. From Lunar Jim creator Alexander Bar, Mike the Knight follows a 10-year-old boy whose mission is to protect …

NASHVILLE: The Documentary Channel (DOC) will present the exclusive television premiere of three documentaries in May during its Monday Primetime Premieres lineup. The special month of prime-time programming begins with the exclusive broadcast of Utopia and Everything Everywhere, the final …

SILVER SPRING: The AFI-Discovery Channel SILVERDOCS Festival will open on June 15 with a showing of Lionsgate’s More Than a Game and will close on June 20 with the world premiere of the HBO documentary film The Nine Lives of …

MIAMI: Venevision International has taken on the Latin American distribution rights to the wildlife series Animal Atlas from LongNeedle Entertainment, ahead of the L.A. Screenings. “We are excited to bring aboard such a remarkable program,” said Cesar Diaz, the VP of …

TORONTO: Children’s programming producer Liliana Vogt has been named VP of development for 9 Story Entertainment, the Canadian outfit behind hits such as Peep and the Big Wide World and Skyland. Vogt most recently served as co-executive producer of Chilly …

LONDON: British drama producer Greenlit Rights has entered into a first-look deal with film and TV writer and director Alex Holmes, who most recently penned the HBO and BBC production House of Saddam. Greenlit, owned by Target Entertainment Group, is behind such productions …

LONDON: The toddler-focused network BabyTV has launched on ADD in the Middle East, available in a complete Arabic-language version.  Found on the ART Family, Pehla Basic and FirstNet Basic packages of ADD’s service, BabyTV is now available to more than …