World Screen

BURBANK: Starz Media is showcasing a lineup of nine features from Overture Films and Anchor Bay Entertainment that will make their U.S. debut at NATPE.  The slate is led by the crime dramas Righteous Kill, starring Oscar-winners Robert De Niro …

MEXICO CITY: A host of reality competitions will be on offer at NATPE from Televisa Internacional, which will also be touting a catalogue of sports, entertainment formats and telenovelas.  The Show of Dreams is a dancing and singing competition with …

NASHVILLE: The Documentary Channel (DOC) will present the U.S. premieres of five films this February that focus on men and women working in unorthodox professions in its Primetime Premieres Monday night lineup.  Fit for a King looks at B&K Enterprises, …

LOS ANGELES: Bennett Media Worldwide has reached a volume deal for content from its MEN7 brand with the Malaysian broadband provider SyQic Capital. The agreement brings 150 hours of content from the MEN7 Digital Network to SyQic’s broadband TV platform YOONIC, …

SÃO PAULO: TV Globo’s international channel for Brazilian and Portuguese-language communities is set to launch an original series specifically for its subscribers in Angola. On January 24, TV Globo Internacional will roll out Revista Africa, a weekly magazine series targeted at viewers …

BUENOS AIRES: Telefe International is offering up the rights to the Casanova Producciones high-definition series Turning Points. The show, airing on Channel 7 in Argentina, focuses on two office clerks, Pérez and García, with a rotating cast of characters over the 13 …

CHICAGO: Towers Productions is at work on some 30 hours of original content for Discovery Channel, Investigation Discovery and Animal Planet. The slate includes Secret America, two one-hour specials for Discovery Channel about the meaning of hidden symbols embedded in America’s …

BUENOS AIRES: Flor Latina Entertainment Group is representing the rights to a series from Bubby Producciones about the Boca Juniors football team. Boca Juniors, A True Love Story is a six-episode series in which fans, players, coaches, celebrities and more talk …

LONDON: In the lead up to next month’s DISCOP Africa, ALL3MEDIA International has notched up a range of deals across the African continent, totaling more than 50 hours. A pan-territory deal was signed with Hallmark for the 3×1-hour drama Torn. Hallmark …

LONDON: Power heads to NATPE with a number of adventure series, big-budget mini-series and dramas, including the 13-part Crusoe, to offer.  Joining the adventure series Crusoe on Power’s slate is XIII: The Conspiracy, a 2-part action thriller starring Val Kilmer and …