World Screen

MUNICH, April 7: Mandalay Television and Stephanie Germain Productions, in association with Germany’s Tandem Communications, are working on the next collection of four additional prime-time TV movies based on the hit books by author Nora Roberts. Six additional books by …

CANNES, April 7: Shaftesbury Films’ one-hour drama series Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures has gotten orders from Astral Media’s The Movie Network and Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central, with production slated to begin later this year. Based on the short-story collection written …

CANNES, April 7: Disney Channel Australia and New Zealand has picked up the preschool series New Macdonald’s Farm from Beyond Distribution to air on Playhouse Disney in July. The series combines live action with studio pieces, and targets the 2-to-5 …

CANNES, April 7: Belgium’s Studio100 and the in-house CBeebies production team are working together to co-produce the first-ever preschool quiz show, Kerwhizz, for the BBC’s preschool channel. Kerwhizz will be ready for delivery in fall 2008, with distribution of the …

CANNES, April 7: Starz Media and Tandem Communications have restructured their existing programming representation relationship, with Tandem overseeing worldwide television sales of several Starz Media series and collections. Beginning immediately and continuing through 2009, Tandem will handle international sales of …

CANNES, April 7: RHI Entertainment has secured broadcast and DVD sales for its live-action series Flash Gordon in several international markets, and has also begun production on a four-hour event mini-series, The Last Templar, for NBC Television. The Last Templar …

CANNES, April 7: Discovery Networks UK has signed a deal with Five that includes a number of co-productions and acquisitions, while Discovery Networks EMEA has re-launched Discovery Science and is launching Discovery World. The deal between Five and Discovery UK …

CANNES, April 7: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) is launching The Style Network in a range of new countries, adding some 2 million additional subscribers to its roster, and has licensed more than 900 hours of programming in Asia Pacific. …

NEW YORK, April 7: The Weinstein Company has created a new international television division, which is making its debut at MIPTV with The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, based on Alexander McCall Smith’s novel of the same name. The No. …

CANNES, April 7: AETN International has reached an agreement with Korea Telecom (KT) to launch a branded HD VOD service in Korea this summer for History (formerly known as The History Channel). The History HD VOD service will be part …