World Screen

LONDON, December 1: BBC Worldwide has appointed Fisher-Price as the master toy licensee for the new animated preschool series 3rd & Bird!, which is produced by Little Airplane Productions, the creators of The Wonder Pets! Fisher-Price's product line will debut …

LONDON/NEW YORK, December 1: Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has signed a licensing deal with pet products company Penn Plax to launch an extended line of SpongeBob SquarePants pet accessories. The range features dog toys and bowls, cat and …

LONDON, December 1: Spellbound Entertainment has signed two new broadcast deals in Italy for its preschool series The Koala Brothers. RAI 2 in Italy picked up the first three seasons of 10-minute episodes as well as the 46-minute Christmas special …

October 2008 Imagine being asked to don a shiny Lycra suit and bend your body to fit through a hole in a moving wall. Or standing on a pedestal ten feet above a pool of muddy water while a rotating …

October 2008 This year, SUPER RTL not only celebrates its tenth year as the market-leading TV channel for children in Germany, it also continues on its path toward diversifying its revenues and successfully migrating its content to the online world. …

TV Real Weekly, November 26, 2008 Commercial Director, Factual
Parthenon Entertainment Offering a varied slate of factual programs, Parthenon Entertainment has seen a healthy appetite from buyers who are looking for two genres in particular, “wildlife programs for a family audience, …

TV Kids Weekly, November 25, 2008 NAME: Frankenstein’s Cat ORIGIN: Based on the book by Curtis Jobling and published by Hodder DISTRIBUTOR: CCI Entertainment has the worldwide distribution rights (excluding U.K. and France) for Frankenstein’s Cat. Mackinnon & Saunders holds …

LONDON, November 26: The Italian publisher De Agostini has launched Zodiak Entertainment, a new international content outfit that brings together its existing production companies, including Magnolia Productions, Marathon Group and Zodiak Television, under one brand. The new company, headquartered in …

LONDON, November 26: The U.K. government has scrapped a proposal to use £14 million from the BBC's license fee to help pay for Channel 4's digital switchover costs. Culture Secretary Andy Burnham gave Parliament a written statement explaining that more …

NEW YORK, November 26: With the February 2009 digital transition in the U.S. rapidly approaching, The Nielsen Company reports that 7.4 percent of household are "completely unready" for the switch. Though the number of households that are unprepared has lowered, …