World Screen

LOS ANGELES, September 3: MGM Networks has clocked up a range of new carriage deals in Eastern Europe, bringing the MGM Channel to Serbia, Macedonia and Albania. The new deals build on the channel’s presence in Russia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, …

NEW YORK, September 3: 4Kids Entertainment has unveiled its lineup of fall programs, which includes new series such as Chaotic: M’arrillian Invasion for its FOX block and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Back to the Sewer for its …

NEW YORK, September 3: Hamp Hampton, the CEO of FitzRoy Media, reveals to World Screen Newsflash plans for new animated content based on the 35-year-old comic-strip Heathcliff, in conjunction with Peter Gallagher, the nephew of the creator of the orange …

MONTREAL, September 3: Polivideo has entered an agreement to represent Distraction’s formats, ready-to-air catalogue and clip library in Italy and other Italian-speaking regions. The move is aimed to expand Distraction’s business in Italy, which in the past year has included …

COPENHAGEN, September 3: Nordisk Film TV World has secured the exclusive rights to distribute all existing and future formats from TV2 and TV2 networks, including Celebrity Devil Race, which just premiered in its third season to record numbers for the …

SÃO PAULO, September 3: Beginning September 9, TV Globo Internacional’s Portuguese-language programming will be available in Switzerland a la carte via cable operator Cablecom, which reaches more than 1.5 million subscribers. TV Globo Internacional’s programming can also be viewed in …

HERNDON/HONG KONG, September 3: Cox Communications has added the Hindi-language channels STAR India PLUS, STAR India GOLD and STAR ONE to its digital cable platform in Northern Virginia. The launch marks STAR’s first cable distribution deal in the U.S., and …

TOKYO, September 3: The New Media Group, KK has signed a deal to bring programming from NBC Universal’s Telemundo to World On-Demand viewers in Japan, totaling more than 560 new episodes of hit series like Dame Chocolate, Madre Luna and …

NEW YORK, September 3: KPI, a unit of Lightworks Producing Group, has received commissions for two global documentary projects, Extinction by Gladiator and Apocalypse Now, for Animal Planet and Discovery Channel, respectively. Extinction by Gladiator will debut on Animal Planet …

LOS ANGELES, September 3: Ovation TV will celebrate the 90th anniversary of American conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein’s birth, and the 50th anniversary of his debut at Carnegie Hall, with the premiere of Leonard Bernstein Reflections. This 1978 film is …