World Screen

AMSTERDAM: Big Bocca Productions and Rainbow S.p.A. are working on 26 new episodes of Huntik: Secrets & Seekers, for a total of 52 half-hour episodes. The adventure property for kids aged 6 to 12 debuted in Italy on Rai Due, …

NEW YORK: VH1 has acquired the exclusive rights for the documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil, and will handle the TV and DVD release and distribute the film theatrically in association with Abramorama. Anvil! The Story of Anvil follows Steve …

BURBANK: Thom Beers’ Original Productions has named Justin Killion as VP of development, tasked with leading the company into the scripted arena.  Killion spent the last three years as literary talent manager at Kaplan/Perrone. He will work along side president …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions to produce a second season of Engineering Connections, starring British presenter Richard Hammond. The six new episodes will explore the ideas and technologies within some of the world’s …

LONDON: Matthieu Porte has been named head of format sales for Zodiak Entertainment, overseeing a sales team that handles titles such as Big Class Reunion, Twist and Shout and Stars on Stage. Porte was previously head of international sales and …

NEW YORK, With immediate effect, Bryan Hale takes on the role of VP of original programming and development for Oxygen Media, supervising the network’s development on both coasts.

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon has named Nick Cannon, former Nickelodeon and MTV Networks star, Honorary Chairman and development consultant for TEENick. In this two-year deal, Cannon will create, star, produce and direct original programming for Nickelodeon’s TEENick Network, including original TV …

LONDON, March 12: Leopardrama, the drama division of British indie Leopard Films, has landed a U.S. deal for An Englishman in New York with Logo, MTV Networks’ channel dedicated to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender audience.

LOS ANGELES: Fox International Channels (FIC) announced that its series, The Listener, debuted across 180 countries in Europe, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East and marked several new ratings records.   FIC launched the series on a near-worldwide basis …

TORONTO, The Canadian Television Fund (CTF) will provide some c$285 million to the Broadcaster Performance Envelope (BPE) stream, which supports programming across genres such as drama, children’s and youth, variety and performance art and documentary, for the 2009-2010 fiscal year.