World Screen

LONDON, June 12: The number of digital TV homes in the Asia-Pacific region will soar from 75 million in 2007 to 246.3 million in 2013, with more than half in China alone, according to a new report from Informa Telecoms …

LONDON, June 12: UKTV is set to launch a new channel this October featuring a slate of BBC shows, movies and other content, and is refocusing its UKTV Gold brand on comedy, while UKTV Drama will be dedicated to the …

NEW YORK, June 12: Bravo has unveiled plans for a teen-focused Top Chef spin-off, tentatively titled Top Chef Junior, and has picked up an eight-episode untitled docu-series centered on chef Jean-Christophe Novelli. Top Chef Junior will feature teens competing in …

HILVERSUM, June 12: In the lead up to DISCOP, Endemol International has inked a raft of format deals in territories across Eastern Europe. In Bulgaria, Nova Television Plus commissioned a fourth season of Big Brother for launch in the fall, …

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 12: National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) has secured the global premiere rights outside the U.K. for the ten-part adventure travel series Long Way Down, featuring British actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. Produced by Big Earth Productions …

NEW YORK, June 12: American Greetings Properties (AGP) has appointed Hasbro as the new worldwide master toy licensee for Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake, beginning January 2009. Kenner was the original toy partner for both brands when they first launched …

SÃO PAULO, June 12: Globo TV International has sold the telenovela Seven Sins into 13 countries, with channels in Argentina, Mozambique, and Ecuador, among others, securing the broadcast rights to the series. The telenovela is slated to debut in six …

LONDON, June 12: DIRECTV is set to launch a four-hour block of BabyTV, the 24/7 network for infants and toddlers under 3, for subscribers in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Central America. Deals are already in place in …

NEW YORK, June 12: Lightworks Program Distribution incorporating Sandra Carter Global is set to introduce a range of new entertainment, biography and documentary programming to buyers at this year’s DISCOP. Among the entertainment series offered at the market are Out …

BRISTOL, June 12: Tigress Productions has completed filming on a new high-definition natural-history documentary for BBC Two and U.S. broadcaster WNET that follows the personal story of a mountain gorilla called Titus. Commissioned by Tim Martin at the BBC and …