World Screen

VANCOUVER, October 8: Studio B Productions and TELETOON in Canada are teaming up to develop the animated series High Drama High, created by Jillianne Reinseth and Jennifer Daley. Targeting 9- to 14-year-olds, High Drama High follows the lives of Jessica …

LONDON, October 8: ALL3MEDIA International’s Chinese Food Made Easy, a cooking series produced by Lion Television for BBC Two, has been picked up by BBC’s Lifestyle channel for all its Asian feeds, including China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Korea. …

TORONTO, October 8: Breakthrough Films & Television and Buffalo Gal Pictures have been given the go-ahead for 13 new episodes of the half-hour comedy series Less Than Kind from Citytv. The series follows Sheldon Blecher, who is 15 years old, …

LONDON, October 8: Playhouse Disney in the U.K. has tapped six British production companies to develop a series of short animated films that help teach preschoolers about the environment, for broadcast in November. The interstitials are part of the channel’s …

WEST PALM BEACH/NEW YORK, October 8: RHI Entertainment’s The Color of Magic, adapted from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels and produced for Sky1 in the U.K., will make its U.S. premiere on ION Television this fall. ION will air the mini-series, …

MUNICH, October 8: More than 50 new programs across a variety of genres, from events and series to movies and documentaries, will be on offer from SevenOne International at MIPCOM. In event offerings, SevenOne is presenting The Sea Wolf, a …

SÃO PAULO, October 8: Globo TV International has expanded its business in Western Europe, inking a deal for the classic novela Isaura: Slave Girl in Germany. Passion, which targets female audiences, has picked up the rights to the series, which …

COPENHAGEN, October 8: Nordisk Film TV World has taken on the format catalogue of Danish pubcaster DR that includes programs such as I Will Fix You and Dream Garden. I Will Fix You is a prime-time series that looks at …

TOKYO, October 8: Jupiter Telecommunications (J:COM), Japan’s largest MSO, will launch the Wachowski brothers’ recent Warner Bros. feature Speed Racer on its VOD platform next month in time for the DVD release. Speed Racer will launch on J:COM On Demand …

SANTA MONICA, October 8: The Canadian drama The Guard, which heads into its second season later this month, has clocked up deals in more than 30 markets, with Lionsgate scoring slots for the show on A&E in Latin America and …