World Screen

TORONTO, July 10: Astral Media’s Family Channel in Canada will this month broadcast the Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert 3D—the latest in a summer offering of exclusive music-themed Disney programming. The movie concert will air …

SYDNEY/PARIS, July 10: Southern Star International has renewed its multi-year output deal with AB Droits Audiovisuels France, covering dramas, TV movies, kids’ live-action series and documentaries. The arrangement also offers AB Droits a first option to acquire all other product …

HONG KONG, July 10: STAR is launching STAR Chinese Movies 2 this month on PCCW’s nowTV platform in Hong Kong, following successful rollouts in Singapore and North America, featuring local movies from the ‘70s to the ‘90s in Cantonese and …

LOS ANGELES, July 10: MySpace has launched an exclusive branded channel with Sid and Marty Krofft, the creators of several children’s shows from the ‘70s and ‘80s. The World of Sid and Marty Krofft channel on MySpaceTV will feature three- …

LONDON, July 10: Channel 4 International (C4i), part of the Digital Rights Group, has completed a deal with British producer Open Mike Productions to handle international distribution for the game show Celebrity Ding Dong, both as a finished program and …

LONDON, July 10: National Geographic Television International (NGTI) has signed deals to represent new programs from Welsh-based independent producer Green Bay and Canadian outfit Cirrus Media. Rescuing The Past: The Step Pyramid, Egypt is a one-hour special highlighting the work …

PARIS, July 10: Dargaud Media has launched an online blog charting the production of the new CGI series The Garfield Show, in time for the 30th anniversary of the classic comic strip. The 52×11-minute HD series will air on France …

LOS ANGELES/REDMOND, July 10: Cookie Jar’s online adventure game Magi-Nation: Battle for the Moonlands is now available to the more than 30 million unique monthly users of WildTangent. The game is based on the Canadian company’s popular action-adventure animated series …

LOS ANGELES, July 10: PorchLight Home Entertainment (PHE) has acquired the U.S. DVD distribution rights to the high-definition preschool series Katakune from Princ Films. Katakune is a silkworm living in the colorful world of Tazzleland where he meets new friends, …

MOSCOW/STOCKHOLM, July 10: The former CEO of Rambler Media Group, Irina Gofman, is returning to the Modern Times Group (MTG) to head up its businesses in Russia and the CIS. In her new position as the CEO of MTG Russia …