World Screen

SYDNEY, August 7: Australia’s TEN is set to air the spin-off of the hit ’90s drama Beverly Hills, 90210 from CBS Paramount International Television, as well as FremantleMedia Enterprises’ fantasy drama series Merlin. Launching with a special two-hour premiere event …

BURBANK, August 7: Disney is set to re-brand its Toon Disney television and online platforms in the U.S. as Disney XD, shifting the focus to boy-skewing animated and live-action programming. The transition will begin in February 2009 on television, online, …

BURBANK, August 7: ABC has picked up a second season of the competition show Wipeout from Endemol USA, after the series has consistently scored well this summer. In six telecasts, Wipeout, which airs at 8 p.m. on Tuesdays, has ranked …

TEL AVIV, August 7: Dori Media Group is adding to its broadcasting portfolio in Indonesia, scoring a deal to localize the video gaming channel Ginx for Indonesian DTH provider MNC Sky Vision. The ten-year agreement will see Ginx TV, localized …

MIAMI, August 7: Next week in Beijing, the Cisneros Group of Companies is set to enter into a strategic media partnership with Chinese broadcasting behemoth CCTV. The deal, to be signed August 11, will see both companies pooling their resources …

LOS ANGELES, August 7: Target Entertainment’s Glamour’s 50 Best Dressed 2008, a countdown of the most stylish women of the year and their best outfits, will debut on The Style Network in the U.S. on August 9, airing in a …

LONDON, August 7: ALL3MEDIA International has inked a first-look deal with British independent doc producer Gecko Productions. Best known for its human-interest documentaries and doc series, U.K. indie Gecko Productions was launched in October 2006 by Vivian McGrath, the former …

LONDON, August 7: BBC Motion Gallery, the archive sales arm of BBC Worldwide, has signed a deal to add footage from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) to its library of some 70,000 hours of BBC Sports content. The five-year, global …

LOS ANGELES, August 7: Kabillion will debut the classic 1960s animated TV show Underdog on both its VOD and online platforms today as the service launches a series of Olympics-themed programming. The first Underdog episode to debut on Kabillion will …

SYDNEY, August 7: Southern Star International has secured DVD deals on its hit kids’ property Sea Princesses with Studio Canal France and Tycoon Mexico. Produced by Southern Star Entertainment and Neptuno Films Production in association with Flamma Films, the series …