World Screen

TORONTO: On the heels of scoring a Cartoon Network U.S. slot for Survive This, 9 Story Entertainment has shored up a trio of international deals for the live-action show currently airing on YTV in Canada, including one with Boomerang in …

TOKYO: MTV Networks Japan has added video streaming functionality to its website, delivering free access to a host of music video clips, as well as shows from the MTV Networks International content library. The new service enables users of MTVJapan.com to …

NEW YORK: Lifetime Networks unveiled a slate of dramas, comedies, unscripted series and movies for the 2009-10 season at its Upfront presentation in New York yesterday, with a development slate that includes a comedy with Cybill Shepherd, an American adaptation of the …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has licensed the television rights in Eastern Europe and Africa for King of the Camp, a musical that follows the lives of a group of teens attending a summer camp, to Daro Films. The 90-minute musical follows …

LOS ANGELES: Former Live Nation executive Gordon Chu is joining Metan Development Group as VP of business development to oversee global and U.S. business operations for the company. Chu most recently served as director of business development for Live Nation’s …

ARLINGTON: PBS has launched a video portal to house thousands of hours of its content, including full-length episodes from flagship strands like American Experience, Frontline and NOVA. The PBS Video Portal, housed on the PBS site, is currently in beta. It houses episodes …

NEW YORK: The landmark Santa Monica-based boutique Fred Segal Fun will be the focus of a new as-yet-untitled docuseries for Bravo. Produced by Target Entertainment, the new series will look inside the action-packed boutique, which is fashion-forward and full of …

NEW YORK: SpongeBob vs. The Big One pulled in 5.8 million viewers with its April 17 broadcast on Nickelodeon, ranking as the number one kids’ program on basic cable. The half-hour special the top kids’ show on basic cable for …

TORONTO: marblemedia has begun principle photography on a second season of Taste Buds, which debuts this fall in the TVO after-school block, as well as on Knowledge Network, Access Alberta and SCN.  Targeting kids aged 7 to 10, Taste Buds focuses …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group’s first-quarter results show a 10-percent increase in revenues to SEK 3.3 billion ($396 million), while profit for the period fell from last year’s SEK 397 million ($47 million) to SEK 146 million ($17 million). The company attributed …