World Screen

CANNES, October 15: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has extended its three-day product screenings at MIPCOM for another day, allowing buyers to preview its titles from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday. Episodes being screening at Auditorium H at …

CANNES, October 15: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has sealed multiple licensing deals and renewals, totaling 670 hours, for a range of its series, including the celebrity-based hits Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Living Lohan. Girls of the Playboy …

CANNES/NEW YORK, October 15: Through its partnership with Xbox LIVE, Starz Media will deliver a range of programming, including anime, features, family titles and horror, to Xbox 360 users in the U.K., Ireland and Canada. Available programming includes the horror …

NEW YORK, October 15: Comedy Central has acquired the first window broadcast rights to a package of feature films from The Weinstein Company, including the upcoming theatrical release Zack and Miri Make a Porno with Seth Rogen. Also part of …

CANNES, October 15: HIT Entertainment and the 3-D animation outfit Annix Productions are co-producing a 26×7-minute preschool property, Little Charley Bear. The series features an imaginative teddy bear who takes children on playful adventures. Little Charley Bear is narrated by …

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 15: National Geographic Channel and Channel 4 in the U.K. have commissioned Pioneer Productions to produce four new episodes for the In the Womb series. The specials use CGI and intricately designed models, along with 4-D ultrasound …

CANNES/SILVER SPRING, October 15: Brink, a new series that showcases cutting-edge breakthroughs in technology, research, inventions, discoveries and the mysteries of the scientific world, is the first foray into global content development for Discovery Communications’ U.S.-based Science Channel. The series …

CANNES, October 15: Globo TV International has signed a deal for TV Globo’s Little Missy to air on Kanal 1 in Turkey, as well as in Israel on Viva and Hot, which are already home to a number of novelas …

CANNES, October 15: Sweden’s SVT is set to broadcast Nordisk Film TV World’s new 10×1-hour format Hell of a Life in a prime-time slot beginning in 2009. The format features comedians who pay tribute to a celebrity and the celebrity’s best …

MUNICH/CANNES, October 15: Bavaria Media has sold an additional batch of 200 episodes of its hit telenovela Storm of Love to broadcasters in five countries: Slovakia’s STV, Latvia’s TV3, Estonia’s TV3, Lithuania’s LTV and Italy’s Mediaset/Rete 4. Further deals for …