World Screen

BOGOTÁ: The Crash Testers and Right on the Money are among the highlights in Si Hay Ideas’ catalogue for international buyers in Cannes. Si Hay Ideas currently has 15 formats in its catalogue, with highlights such as the comedy Backstage, …

MEXICO CITY: Channel One in Russia this week launched Stray Angel, a local adaptation of the TV Azteca novela New Love. The 85×1-hour series is airing daily at 9:30 p.m., produced by Russian World Studios and directed by Alexander Sukharev. The …

MONTREAL: Astral Media says it invested close to C$150 million in Canadian content development in fiscal ’08 through its pay and speciality TV networks across French- and English-language programming. "Since we started in this business in 1983, we have invested …

NEW YORK: Hearst-Argyle Television has formed a special committee of independent members from its board of directors to evaluate the offer from Hearst Corporation to take full control of the company. Hearst Corporation said Wednesday that it plans to commence a cash tender …

VIENNA: Programs on offer from the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF) span feature films, series, TV movies, factual and formats, including the new multimedia reality show Taxi Orange. In the way of feature films, The Mail Bomber tells the story of …

NEW YORK: A new study released by the Council for Research Excellence (CRE) has found that young baby boomers—those aged between 45 and 54—spend more time with media platforms than any other demographic, at an average of 9.5 hours per day …

TORONTO: CCI Releasing has sold Alice Upside Down to, among others, YTV in Canada, Disney in Latin America and Scandinavia and Noga in Israel. Further sales for the tween comedy, which is based on the Alice novels by Phylis Reynolds …

NEW YORK: Atlas Media’s 2×1-hour mini-series Science Impossible will be introduced to the international market by Beyond Distribution at MIPTV. The show explores strange cases and amazing feats of "superhumans" who have odd abilities. These include people who can re-grow …

BURBANK: SOAPnet has extended its deal with Sony Pictures Television to air same-day episodes of Days of Our Lives, along with scoring the digital streaming rights. The show has been on the air for more than 40 years, first premiering …

MONTREAL: Following on the recently announced partnership between Distraction and Zebra Producciones, the scripted drama Windfall and Misfortunes has been put into production in Spain. Zebra-Distraction has landed a deal for the scripted drama to be adapted for the Spanish …