World Screen

LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International has landed a number of deals with broadcasters in Latin America for programs such as the youth drama Skins. Skins will broadcast throughout Latin America on pay-TV channel HBO, which picked up all three seasons. The series …

NEW YORK: This month, Spike TV is bringing the popular web series MoCap, LLC to TV, with Albie Hecht’s Worldwide Biggies producing six half-hour episodes for the MTV Networks-owned cable channel. Launching April 24 at midnight. the show presents a behind-the-scenes look at …

OTTAWA: Knight Enterprises has landed a deal with BET International for the BBQ series License to Grill to air in the U.K. and Africa. Hosted by Rob Rainford, License to Grill has been a hit worldwide, including the U.S., Romania, …

SILVER SPRING: Darcy Tomlin has been appointed to the post of VP of programming and business operations for Discovery Networks International, based at the company’s headquarters in Silver Spring. Tomlin will serve as the liaison to bring Discovery’s content to …

BURBANK: The CW has added two new original series to its summer schedule: the relationship show Hitched or Ditched and the Washington D.C.-based reality series Blonde Charity Mafia. “We’re very excited to be launching original programming during the summer months for the first …

TORONTO: The Agents, a new ten-episode documentary series that looks into the lives of real-estate agents, will debut on W Network in Canada on April 27. Produced by Breakthrough Films & Television, each episode of the series profiles two different …

BOSTON: PBS’s acclaimed Frontline strand is launching a multiplatform initiative to explore the effects of digital media on everyday life, with a series of online reports leading up to a TV broadcast in the winter of 2010, all funded by a …

TORONTO: Nelvana Enterprises has reached a deal with Chorion to become the Canadian licensing agent for the Mr. Men and Little Miss brand, covering merchandise such as apparel and accessories, toys and novelty items, as well as live stage shows …

NEW YORK: Time Warner is seeking new credit terms from some bondholders in a move that could be paving the way for a spinoff of its Internet unit, AOL. The conglomerate said yesterday that it had begun a consent solicitation …

ARLINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO: The Independent Digital Distribution Lab, a joint venture from Independent Television Service (ITVS) and PBS, has been set up to explore revenue-generating models for independent filmmakers and public television. Some 50 independent titles will be distributed over the …