World Screen

LONDON, August 28: DCD Media has signed an agreement that will increase the revenues and profits of its wholly-owned television distribution arm, which has been re-branded as DCD Rights. DCD Right has agreed to an arrangement that grants it access …

ATLANTA, August 28: A new animated adventure series from PorchLight Entertainment, The Secret Saturdays, will premiere this fall on Cartoon Network with 26 episodes. In the series, Doc, Drew and Zak Saturday are a family of world-saving adventure scientists called …

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 28: A new documentary that explores the meaning of Stonehenge is set to premiere next month on the Smithsonian Channel. Stonehenge Deciphered will air in the U.S. on September 27 at 9 p.m., while the documentary will …

SANTA MONICA, August 28: GSN is set to air an original three-part series, hosted by comedian Caroline Rhea, that looks back at American television’s most popular game shows of the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s. Play It Back: Game Shows will …

LONDON, August 28: UKTV Food has commissioned a new series for its fourth-quarter schedule, Rachel Allen: Bake!, also signing Allen to a wider deal that sees her as the face of its online companion site and joining the lineup of …

LONDON, August 28: Stephen Moore has joined Abbey Home Media, the British outfit behind SuperTed, Wide Eye and Baby Bright, as a partner and shareholder. An industry veteran, Moore has held positions at 20th Century Fox and Aardman Animations. Abbey …

NEW YORK, August 28: Matthew Chiavelli and Marlon Jackson have been named as VPs at the SCI FI Channel’s website, where they will help build a balance of original online content and network-related fare. Chiavelli, formerly the SCIFI.COM's multimedia director, …

LOS ANGELES, August 27: Toy giant Mattel is set to receive damages in its long-running suit against MGA Entertainment over the Bratz brand, but the companies have issued drastically different statements on the value of the award. Towards the end …

LONDON/HILVERSUM, August 27: Tom Toumazis is leaving his post as the managing director of Disney-ABC-ESPN Television for Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Canada to join Endemol, where he is tasked with further expanding the company’s distribution business. Joining Endemol …

BURBANK, August 27: Three dramas—Castle, Cupid and The Unusuals—and two comedies, Better Off Ted and Single with Parents, will join ABC’s lineup of new series for 2008/2009. Castles is a comedic crime procedural about a mystery novelist, Nick Castle, who …