World Screen

LONDON: The Speaker, a new competition series that tests the communication and improvisation skills of a set of teens, is among the new formats on offer from BBC Worldwide. The Speaker is designed to find the nation’s best young orator …

SINGAPORE: The roster of titles in MediaCorp’s catalogue covers a range of genres, from drama, infotainment and game shows to travel, lifestyle and documentary, available in English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil languages. From the 1,100 hours on offer, 210 are …

CANNES: A sophomore season of the sketch-comedy series State of the Union, starring Tracey Ullman, is on offer from the Digital Rights Group (DRG), which has already confirmed a number of deals ahead of MIPTV. State of the Union, commissioned …

DUBLIN: The new CBBC commission Roy, an HD series that combines hand-drawn animation with real-world drama, will make its MIPTV debut in JAM Media’s catalogue. Premiering this fall, Roy features a cartoon boy living in the real world. Each of …

NEW YORK: AOL’s former chief executive, Jonathan Miller, is said to be joining News Corporation this week to oversee all of the company’s digital initiatives, reporting directly to chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch. According to the FT, Miller’s appointment as …

PARIS/LONDON: Zodiak Entertainment, part of DeAgostini Group, arrives at MIPTV for the first time as an integrated company, covering documentary, formats and animation, among other genres. Zodiak Entertainment’s distribution arm is divided into two entities. Emmanuelle Bouilhaguet, the head of …

TORONTO: The Fremantle Corporation will be in Cannes presenting Beyond Justice, a new law-enforcement reality series from Invision Entertainment hosted by veteran L.A.P.D. detective and television personality Bob Arguello. Co-produced by The Crime Channel, Beyond Justice features shootouts, drug raids, prostitution stings …

LONDON: Optomen International has locked in a slate of deals with three major broadcasters and two DVD distributors for titles such as The F Word, featuring chef Gordon Ramsay. Finland’s MTV has licensed a package deal of programming that includes …

LONDON: Australia’s ABC Television has landed the network premiere of BBC Television’s The 39 Steps from ITV Global Entertainment. The 90-minute drama, based on the espionage novels by John Buchan, stars Rupert Penry-Jones (Spooks) as the dashing Richard Hannay. Produced …

TORONTO: Forbidden Science, recently added to the distribution catalogue of Tricon Films & Television, blends noir science fiction and erotic programming, and is on offer for buyers at MIPTV. Filmed in HD, the 13×30-minute series is being billed as “where …