World Screen

CANNES, October 13: Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures, a one-hour drama series from Shaftesbury Films based on a novel by Vincent Lam, will be distributed worldwide, excluding Canada, by ITV Global Entertainment. The series follows the ups and downs of four …

CANNES, October 13: Australia’s ScreenWest and Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) have announced an initiative that will encourage producers in their respective territories to colloborate on the development and exploitation of multiplatform properties. Producers are being invited to submit proposals …

CANNES, October 13: TF1 and Nick Jr. U.K. are among the new broadcasters on board for Chorion’s Olivia, a Nickelodeon U.S. commission based on the Ian Falconer books of the same name. Other broadcasters to have recently acquired the series …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, October 13: Canal+ in France and CBBC in the U.K. are set to broadcast the new CGI-animated series Twisted Whiskers, produced by American Greetings Properties, Taffy Entertainment and DQ Entertainment, in association with Mike Young Productions. Based …

CANNES, October 13: StarHub TV in Singapore and The New Media Group (TNMG) in Japan are the latest platforms to begin carrying The Style Network, which features original programming such as How Do I Look? and Clean House. This month, …

CANNES, October 13: The Ripley’s Believe it or Not! brand is being extended with a new one-hour series, via a deal between Insight Productions and Ripley Entertainment. Shot on location around the world and featuring a host of new-media components, …

CANNES, October 13: DECODE Enterprises today announced several agreements on its new preschool series Animal Mechanicals, a 40×11-minute show produced by Halifax Film for CBC. The Canadian distributor has lined up slots with Disney Channels in the U.K. and Asia, …

CANNES, October 13: A collection of 100 one-minute clips featuring endangered destinations in the world is among the new offerings being showcased by Nordisk Film TV World at MIPCOM this week. 100 Places to Remember Before They Disappear features images …

MUMBAI, October 13: Cartoon Network in India is developing five animation shorts culled from submissions to its Snaptoons (Short New Asia Pacific Cartoons) initiative, which seeks new concepts from producers across the region. Cartoon Network’s in-house Snaptoons team has been …

CANNES, October 13: With sales efforts led by Toby Melling and Kristian Brodie, ContentFilm International is at MIPCOM with several new feature films, adding to its growing catalogue of more than 130 titles. Amongst the offerings are the documentaries Rembrandt’s …