World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Among the five series scoring renewals from VH1 are I Want To Work For Diddy and Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, alongside new projects featuring Dr. Drew Pinsky and Tiffany "New York" Pollard. In the second season of …

LONDON: KidsCo is set to launch The Wiggles on its Western European feed, following the show’s successful run on the channel’s Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan African feed since November 2008. KidsCo recently rolled out in France on the Orange TV platform as …

MIAMI: MTV Networks Latin America has promoted its CFO, Juan Carlos Acosta, to a senior VP role, with an expanded post that includes serving as the executive in charge of production. Acosta will be tasked with overseeing co-productions across all …

LONDON: MySpace and FremantleMedia are in the works on a new online scripted drama, Freak, due to run on the social portal in the U.K. this summer, with additional versions to roll out internationally in the future. Developed by FMX, …

MUMBAI: Turner in India has picked up its third mythological animated feature from DQ Entertainment for broadcast next year on its local kids’ networks. Turner’s pickup of Omkar follows its deals with DQE for Balkand and Ravan. "Indian animation is an integral …

NEW YORK/LONDON: MTV Networks International has promoted Nina Hahn to senior VP of international production and development for Nickelodeon, adding made-for-TV movies to her current global development and production remit. Based in London and continuing to report to Steve Grieder, …

ENGLEWOOD: A new channel exclusively available on satellite platform DISH Network offers 24-hour views of the Earth from a camera installed on the company’s EchoStar 11 satellite. DISH Network says that its Earth-directed camera, six years in the making, delivers full-disk …

NEW YORK: Spike TV has signed up for a new season of 1000 Ways to Die from Thom Beers’ Original Productions, and has given a pilot order to a new offering from Beers, 1000 Ways to Lie. Airing Sundays at 10 p.m., …

PARIS: The 17th edition of DISCOP East has already signed up more than 1,200 participants for the three-day event, which will take place at the Sofitel Atrium Hotel in Budapest from June 17 to 19. The event will be preceded …

BURBANK: Ten years after its first appearance in the U.S., the game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire is returning to the ABC prime-time schedule with Regis Philbin for a special two-week run this summer. The show premieres August 9 …