World Screen

EMERYVILLE, January 7: MobiTV has added a number of full-length episodes and clips from CBS Mobile, including hits such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Numb3rs, CSI: NY and The Young and the Restless, to its service. Full episodes featured on …

SINGAPORE/BONN, January 7: Deutsche Welle is expanding its TV services in Asia, launching DW-TV ASIA+, effective March 2, delivering content on European lifestyle, culture, arts, business and politics, most of it in English. Deutsche Welle already operates DW-TV ASIA, with …

SANTA MONICA, January 7: In a deal with American Greetings Properties, Lionsgate has scored the North American home-entertainment rights to an assortment of titles based on the Care Bears brand. Lionsgate has been representing Care Bears properties in the home-entertainment …

LONDON, January 7: A reality contest with a twist, True Beauty, from Ashton Kutcher and Tyra Banks, leads off FremantleMedia Enterprises' (FME) offerings for buyers at NATPE. The 8×1-hour series, hosted and judged by TV personality Vanessa Minnillo, along with …

TORONTO, January 7: Breakthrough Films & Television has begun production on two new projects, Mini-Monsters of Amazonia and Stay Tooned. Mini-Monsters of Amazonia is a scientific/adventure documentary special that follows a group of international scientists to Ecuador to research the …

ATLANTA, January 7: The Powerpuff Girls, one of the first original series on Cartoon Network, turns ten this year, and the channel is celebrating that milestone with a brand-new special, due to air on January 19. The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!, …

ENCINO, January 7: Solid Entertainment is offering the international broadcast market the rights to the Andrew Rossi documentary Le Cirque: A Table in Heaven, which recently premiered on HBO in the U.S. The film profiles restaurateur Sirio Maccioni and his …

MEXICO CITY, January 7: Among Televisa International's catalogue for NATPE are series such as Killer Women and Terminals, along with telenovelas like Tomorrow is Forever and In the Name of Love. The 13×1-hour Killer Women is inspired by real-life cases …

NEW YORK, January 7: Olivia, based on Ian Falconer's best-selling book series, joins Nickelodeon's preschool lineup on January 26, airing regularly weekdays at 11:30 a.m. Presented in conjunction with Chorion and animated by Brown Bag Films, the new half-hour series …

SYDNEY, January 7: Beyond Distribution has picked up a second season of 20 15-minute episodes of Numberjacks that is currently in production for delivery throughout 2009. The first season currently airs in more than 40 countries, with Beyond securing deals …