World Screen

COLOGNE, March 11: The Largardere Group in France has picked up the mobile, TV and Internet rights to ohm:tv’s made-for–mobile drama series My Story for its girl-skewing channel Filles TV. Additionally, Austrian mobile operator Mobilkom has launched My Story on …

NEW YORK/SINGAPORE/HONG KONG, March 11: Nickelodeon has announced plans to bring the tour for “Dora the Explorer Live! Dora’s Pirate Adventure” to the Asia-Pacific region beginning next month. The live show will be performed in the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore, …

NEW YORK, March 11: 4Kids Entertainment has licensed its animated adventure series Chaotic to broadcasters in Europe, Australia and Asia. Scheduled to launch this spring, Chaotic has bulked up its roster of broadcasters with TEN Network in Australia, RTBF in …

TORONTO, March 11: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to the award-winning feature film A Lobster Tale, and will launch the title on the international market at MIPTV. The company has already concluded sales of the …

MAINZ, March 11: Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has inked a deal with ZDF Enterprises for the exclusive licensing and merchandising rights to the hit Australian live-action property H2O—Just Add Water in the U.K. and France. NVCP will represent …

BELFAST/NEW YORK, March 11: Next month, BBC Two Northern Ireland is set to debut Sesame Tree, a new-media project aimed at encouraging children to explore and appreciate the world around them. Launching on April 5 and 6 at 7:15 a.m., …

NEW YORK, March 11: LimeLife and NBC Universal have teamed up to launch Law & Order: Celebrity Betrayal, a mobile-game extension for NBC’s long-running crime drama. Law & Order: Celebrity Betrayal will draw players into a complex murder mystery where …

SYDNEY, March 11: The Nine Network and Southern Star International have teamed up to purchase Kids Like Us, the production company responsible for the hit Australian children’s television series Hi-5. The acquisition is effective immediately. To date, 435 half-hour episodes …

LONDON, March 11: ITV Worldwide’s president and managing director, Peter Iacono has announced a proposal to combine the company’s distribution arm, Granada International, and its merchandising and licensing unit, Granada Ventures, into one unified business. If the proposals move ahead, …

CANNES, March 11: Didier Lombard, the chairman and CEO of France Telecom, has been tapped to deliver a keynote address entitled “Inventing a New Media TV Experience,” on Wednesday, April 9, at the 45th MIPTV featuring MILIA. In his keynote, …