World Screen

TORONTO, April 2: DECODE Enterprises has secured a raft of new deals for the preschool series Bo on the GO!, including one with Cartoon Network for India, Taiwan and the Philippines. Cartoon Network has picked up both seasons of Bo …

LONDON, April 2: Parthenon Entertainment has finalized deals in the U.S. and Spain for Roman Mysteries. In the U.S., Roman Mysteries will air on Rainbow Media’s Family Room HD channel beginning September 2008. Parthenon has also secured an agreement for …

MUNICH/LONDON, April 2: TV-Loonland has scored three new deals for the preschool series Penelope with France 5, DR TV in Denmark and Hop! Channel in Israel. Penelope is already an established brand in Japan on NHK, with a full licensing …

TORONTO, April 2: Shaftesbury Sales Company has closed a number of renewals and new sales for the live-action kids’ comedy Life with Derek. The fourth season has been renewed by Boomerang in U.K.; France 2; Daro Film Distribution in Central …

BOSTON, April 2: APT Worldwide has closed new deals in North America, Denmark, Africa and Germany for its documentary Senator Obama Goes to Africa, which follows the U.S. Senator and Presidential hopeful Barack Obama as he journeys to the land …

TORONTO, April 2: 9 Story Entertainment has received a commission from Canada’s YTV for 13 episodes of a new live-action series tentatively titled Survivorman Kids. The series will take a team of six 14- to 16-year-olds into the wilderness for …

NEW YORK, April 2: MTV Networks (MTVN) has streamed more than 57 million mobile videos across all its brands and carriers between February 2007-2008, representing a 94-percent gain on the prior year. For mobile video, MTV recorded 17 million mobile …

BURBANK/EMERYVILLE, April 2: Disney-ABC Television Group has inked a deal to offer Disney Channel and Playhouse Disney series and movies to MobiTV service subscribers. Now available through a dedicated channel on MobiTV’s wireless television subscription service, Disney Channel on MobiTV …

COPENHAGEN, April 2: 25/7 Productions in the U.S. has secured the rights to the reality format 71 Degrees North from Scandinavian distributor Nordisk Film TV World. The deal was brokered by William Morris. 25/7 Productions is headed up by Dave …

HILVERSUM, April 2: Endemol International has finalized a new round of deals for its stable of entertainment formats, including pickups for the game-show format 1 vs. 100 by RTL in Germany, ORF in Austria and SF in Switzerland. The new …