World Screen

NEW YORK, May 29: RHI Entertainment’s four-hour original mini-series The Summit will air in its entirety during ION Television’s RHI Movie Weekend block on Sunday, June 15, at 7 p.m. The Summit features the preparation for an annual G8 Summit …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, May 29: Lionsgate has reached a deal with Bratz owner MGA Entertainment for the North American home-entertainment distribution rights to content based on the Little Tikes brand. Under the terms of the multi-year deal, Lionsgate has secured the …

MUNICH, May 29: SevenOne International has sold the format rights to the ProSieben game show Beat your Host! to Sweden’s Kanal 5 for a fall launch. The show, Vem kan slå Filip och Fredrik (Who Can Beat Filip and Fredrik?), …

NEW YORK, May 29: Spike.com will relaunch tomorrow with a new cutting-edge look and feel, featuring a slate of original content, including a development deal with Playboy.com. The site marks the full integration of two popular MTVN web properties: SpikeTV.com …

NEW YORK, May 29: Nickelodeon has partnered with Chorion to bring Ian Falconer’s bestselling Olivia books to life in a new 3-D CGI-animated preschool TV series that is slated to premiere during the first quarter of 2009. Published by Simon …

HONG KONG, May 29: Disney-ABC International Television (Asia Pacific) has secured licensing deals for the U.S. cable series Army Wives with six broadcasters across the Asia-Pacific region. Hallmark Channel, Network Ten in Australia, Fiji TV, Zee Cafe in India, TV2 …

PARIS, May 29: Hit programming from several MTV Networks channels are now available for download from the iTunes Store in France. Offerings from MTV, Game One and Nickelodeon, reversioned in French, include more than 40 hours from Pimp My Ride, …

BURBANK, May 29: The Walt Disney Studios has signed a multi-year deal with Ahmet Zappa, Harris Katleman and Christian Beranek to oversee Kingdom Comics, a newly launched venture dedicated to developing graphic novels to create new film projects, as well …

NEW YORK, May 29: In a deal with New Line Cinema, Comedy Central has picked up the first-window broadcast premiere rights to Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, as well as a broadcast window for Be Kind Rewind with …

MILAN, May 29: On July 1, Disney Channel Italy will expand its reach in the country, debuting on pay digital terrestrial television (DTT) as part of the new Mediaset Premium Gallery offer. This new deal reflects the company’s global strategy …