World Screen

LONDON, December 12: Virgin Media Television-owned entertainment channel LIVING has commissioned Initial, an Endemol company, to produce a new series that looks at celebrities confronting their dangerous and potentially life-threatening habits. Rehab will follow the journeys of seven fallen stars …

NEW YORK, December 12: The original docu-series Addicted to Beauty is set to debut on Oxygen in 2009, while several other new shows are in development for consideration on the female-skewing network's grid. The 8×1-hour series peeks into a beauty-enhancement …

MUMBAI, December 12: UTV Motion Pictures' new Hindi-language film Oye Lucky! Lucky Oye! will receive its television premiere, as a pay-per-view offering, on the Indian DTH platforms Dishtv and Tata Sky just three weeks following its theatrical release on December …

STOCKHOLM, December 12: Modern Times Group is launching the premium service Viasat Sport Baltic in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, delivering coverage of local and international sporting events. Viasat Golf, the dedicated golf channel airing in the Nordic countries, will also …

SYDNEY, December 12: Planete in Poland is among the broadcasters that acquired a slate of new titles from Beyond Distribution following MIPCOM. Planete opted for Rania: The YouTube Queen, Lonely Planet: Natural Born Traveller and Out in the Cold Series …

LOS ANGELES, December 12: MarVista Entertainment has launched two new television movies for international distribution, Will You Merry Me? and Special Delivery, both of which will make their debut on Lifetime Television this month. The romantic Christmas comedy Will You …

MUNICH, December 12: Today, the Danish version of SevenOne International’s hit game show Beat your Host! launches in prime time on TV2 under the title Hvem kan slå Joachim og Marianne?   The winning couple of TV2’s Strictly Come Dancing, …

LONDON, December 12: UKTV Food has bagged the exclusive U.K. TV rights for Spain…On the Road Again, featuring a culinary road trip around Spain, from ShineReveille. Produced by Frappe Productions for PBS, Spain… On the Road Again sees actress Gwyneth …

KNOXVILLE, December 12: HGTV.com has been redesigned with new state-of-the-art capabilities and a new immediacy, with features refreshed daily, hourly and by the minute using new "self-serve" tools and templates. This includes three new home page features that will be …

SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, December 12: Indra Suharjono has been tapped as executive VP and managing director of MTV Networks Southeast Asia and Greater China, while the executive currently overseeing those markets, Amit Jain, will take on special projects for the company …