World Screen

LONDON, December 11: ITV Global Entertainment secured a number TV and home-entertainment agreements for Mammoth Screen's hit drama Lost in Austen. Lost in Austen has now been sold to more than 90 territories worldwide, including to ABC Australia, DRTV Denmark, …

TORONTO/LONDON, December 11: DECODE Enterprises has signed a deal with CBBC for the 2-D animated series Martha Speaks. The 40×22-minuted series is based on the bestselling books by Susan Meddaugh, which have sold nearly one million copies in the U.S. …

MAINZ, December 11: FremantleMedia Licensing Germany (FLG) has acquired the exclusive licensing rights to the teen format H20: Just Add Water from ZDF Enterprises for Eastern Europe. FLG will also retain exclusive rights to the following categories: off-air and on-air …

NEW YORK, December 11: KPI, a production unit of Lightworks Producing Group, has completed production on Animal Gladiators, a two-hour special that explores what motivated the Romans to kill animals in the name of entertainment, which is set to air …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO, December 11: Oasis International is at the Asia TV Forum presenting a catalogue that includes kid-, teen- and family-targeting programming, such as The Dating Guy. The 13×30-minute animated comedy follows man's search to understand women and women's search …

LONDON, December 11: Since its launch into the international arena, Passion Distribution has seen successful sales on a number of its formats, including Smartest Guy in Town. The game show heads to small towns across to find out who is …

SINGAPORE, December 11: Singaporean animation outfit Scrawl Studios is working with Planet Nemo in France on Silly Bitty Bunny, a 2-D series aimed at the 3-to-5 set. The co-production consists of 78 3.5 minute episodes, based on the book franchise …

SINGAPORE, December 11: A co-production deal for the preschool series Charlie Gribble and the Magic Maps was signed at the ATF in Singapore, bringing together Korea's Pixtrend and Neon Pumpkin, Australia's Crewjo and Malaysia's Backbone. The 2-D comedy fantasy adventure, …

HONG KONG, December 11: Cheah Chee Kong, better known as CheeK, has been appointed executive VP of Chinese-language programming for STAR, based in Hong Kong and reporting to Laureen Ong, STAR's COO. Effective January 5, CheeK will be responsible for …

December 2008   Any conversation about Asia’s media industry would be incomplete without a mention of STAR. A pioneer in the region, having first launched in 1991, STAR now reaches more than 300 million viewers in 50-plus markets and has …