World Screen

LONDON, April 1: At next week’s MIPTV, Granada International is launching Headcases, a new comedy series that takes a satirical look at the worlds of celebrity and politics. The CGI-animated series is created in association with Red Vision, and features …

BASKING RIDGE/NEW YORK, April 1: Verizon Wireless has inked a deal with Saavn, a digital distributor of South Asian content, to launch a Bollywood channel on the V CAST Video mobile service. Available exclusively to V CAST Video customers, the …

SCHELLUINEN, April 1: Dutch FilmWorks, a multimedia distribution company based in the Benelux, has formed a new global division, House of Knowledge International, which will launch at MIPTV. At MIPTV, House of Knowledge International will be offering buyers a slate …

TORONTO, April 1: Shaftesbury Films and IToys have teamed up to produce a range of retail products for the live-action kids’ series Life with Derek. The deal, brokered by JTMG, will see a line of electronic hand-held and tabletop games, …

LOS ANGELES, April 1: Lawless Entertainment is a new venture set up by Catherine Malatesta and Bryan Taw that will be at MIPTV next week offering up content from My Media Entertainment, founded by Spelling Television veterans Kenneth Miller and …

LONDON, April 1: BabyTV has acquired the Global Learning Channel, an English-language station airing on satellite platform SKY PerfecTV! in Japan, and has launched the 24-hour toddler-targeted network in its place. BabyTV, a commercial-free channel aimed at children under the …

BURBANK, April 1: SOAPnet has added a new six-week original series to its programming slate, and has acquired five additional titles from Disney-ABC Domestic Television for SNM, its Sunday night movie franchise. The original series Relative Madness will premiere May …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER, April 1: Lionsgate has reached a multi-year agreement with LeapFrog Enterprises, a developer of technology-based learning products, and rights holder and producer Chris D’Angelo, to develop, produce and distribute multiple educational direct-to-DVD feature films. The multi-year deal provides …

ATLANTA, April 1: Turner Network Television (TNT) has ordered a one-hour pilot of Men of a Certain Age, a drama from Everybody Loves Raymond’s Ray Romano and Mike Royce. Co-written and executive produced by Romano and Royce, the character-based series …

NEW YORK, April 1: On May 25, HBO will premiere Recount, a film directed by Meet the Parents’ Jay Roach with an ensemble cast led by Kevin Spacey, which looks back at the controversial 2000 U.S. presidential election. HBO Films’ …