World Screen

SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate has entered into a first-look television deal for broadcast and cable scripted fare from Olive Productions, the venture recently established by actors Steve Buscemi and Stanley Tucci and run by their producing partner Wren Arthur. Based in New …

WINNIPEG: Breakthrough Films & Television and Buffalo Gal Pictures have begun principal photography in Winnipeg on a second season of Less Than Kind, slated for a fall premiere on Citytv. Maury Chaykin (Adoration, Blindness), Jesse Camacho (The Trotsky, 12 and …

BURBANK: ABC Family will present the network television premiere of Jerry Bruckheimer’s upcoming 3-D film G-Force and Jim Carrey’s November release A Christmas Carol as part of a Walt Disney Pictures theatrical package from Disney-ABC Domestic Television. G-Force, an animated comedy due to be released this …

TORONTO: In stocking its spring slate, OUTtv has acquired the Canadian broadcast rights to a host of gay and lesbian films from the likes of Alliance Films, Water Bearer Films, Mongrel Media, BBC Worldwide and Ariztical Entertainment. More than 60 …

NEW YORK/SAN BRUNO: Universal Music Group (UMG) is joining forces with Google-owned YouTube for VEVO, a music and video entertainment service delivering content from the record label. YouTube has also renewed and extended its partnership with UMG that allows users …

ALVISO: Research on the viewing habits of TiVo subscribers reveals that shows in 8 p.m. and 9 p.m. slots experienced a marked increase in timeshifted viewing over programs in the 10 p.m. slot. The data, from February, for TiVo’s Stop||Watch ratings …

BOSTON: The international representation rights for the high-school election documentary Frontrunners have been awarded to APT Worldwide. Produced by Oscilloscope Laboratories, the film follows the student council presidential campaign at Stuyvesant High School in New York City. Frontrunners, done in classic …

NEW YORK: Bravo has picked up the new docuseries NYC Prep, which follows six affluent teenagers who are part of Manhattan’s social circle. The series will premiere on June 16 at 11 p.m., moving to its regular Tuesday, 10 p.m. …

    COUNTRY: U.S.   LAUNCH DATE: February 13, 2009   OWNERSHIP: The Walt Disney Company    DISTRIBUTION: More than 72 million homes.   DESCRIPTION: Disney XD, which replaced Toon Disney in the U.S., is a multi-platform brand that skews …

LONDON: RDF Kids & Family has sold Yo Gabba Gabba! to Channel 4 in the U.K., set to air as part of the T4 block later this spring. The first 20×30-minute series of the live-action series will launch within T4. …