World Screen

CENTURY CITY, September 4: Twentieth Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising and The Multiverse Network are developing an original Buffy the Vampire Slayer massively multiplayer online game (MMOG). The virtual world will be based on the mythology and iconography made popular …

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS/MOUNTAIN VIEW, September 4: CNBC and professional-networking site LinkedIn have struck a deal that sees the cross distribution of the companies’ content, technology integration and the joint development of new products. LinkedIn will offer CNBC text, articles and blogs, …

LONDON, September 4: Entertainment Rights (ER) has signed a number of new broadcasters for George of the Jungle, Finley the Fire Engine and Casper’s Scare School, spanning Europe, Latin America and the Asia Pacific. George of the Jungle now heads …

SYDNEY, September 4: BBC Worldwide Australia has licensed more than 550 hours of lifestyle, factual and comedy content in deals with XYZnetworks, FOXTEL and HOW TO Channel. HOW TO Channel, the Australian home and garden network, will premiere a selection …

NEW YORK, September 4: Lightworks Program Distribution has completed a broadcast licensing agreement with Mexico’s TV Azteca for the weekly series The Hollywood Reporter and Red Carpet Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter brings viewers the latest information from the film and …

TORONTO/LONDON, September 4: DECODE Enterprises, the distribution subsidiary of DHX Media, has completed its first ever raft of programming sales in Greece. Greece’s Channel 9 has acquired six shows from DECODE’s animation library, including the preschool properties Franny’s Feet and …

LOS ANGELES, September 4: Lawless Entertainment has completed a deal to develop film and television properties for Literal Media, a library of 4,000-plus literary titles co-owned by Michael Douglas and Chris Baker, and also has an agreement with Andy’s Airplanes …

LOS ANGELES, September 4: The preschool series Dive Olly Dive! can now be seen five days a week on PBS KIDS Sprout in the Sunny Side Up Show live morning programming block. The series, from Taffy Entertainment and Mike Young …

NEW YORK, September 4: At MIPCOM, 4Kids Entertainment will be showcasing the latest extension of its hit Yu-Gi-Oh! brand, Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds, which headlines its roster of kids’ programming for the market. Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds, where 5Ds stands for “five dragons,” follows …

LONDON, September 4: Production has begun on the CBBC series Animals at Work, Cineflix’s first foray into children’s programming, for launch in November. Animals at Work will introduce young viewers to the world of animals with jobs and is set …