World Screen

LONDON, February 28: TCM (Turner Classic Movies) in the U.K. will roll out Gone with the Wind—The Making of the Musical, featuring a behind-the-scenes look at a new British theatre musical adaptation of the classic 1936 novel by Margaret Mitchell. …

SAN FRANCISCO/HONG KONG, February 28: GekTV will launch three Mandarin-language STAR channels on its U.S.-based IPTV platform on March 15. The three channels are STAR Chinese Channel, which features entertainment offerings from game shows and talk shows to lifestyle and …

SINGAPORE, February 28: Beginning on March 3, StarHub Digital Cable will add a new 24-hour Mandarin news channel, TVBS-NEWS, to its Chinese Entertainment Basic Group for no additional cost. TVBS-NEWS specializes in global coverage of major news events, with correspondents …

NEW YORK, February 28: Spanish digital network V-me will debut three new weekly prime-time mini-series in the U.S. to air on Monday nights, beginning March 3 with Treasure Island, distributed by Germany’s SevenOne International. Treasure Island (La isla del tesoro) …

STOCKHOLM, February 28: Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viasat Broadcasting has inked an agreement to include the TV2 channel, the TV2 news channel and the TV2 movie channel on Viasat’s DTH satellite pay-TV platform in Norway. The TV2 channel will be …

LONDON, February 28: BBC Worldwide has completed its first-ever sale of a scripted format in Spain with its hit series Life on Mars. Antena 3 licensed the format to produce eight episodes, and has already shortlisted three independent Spanish production …

SINGAPORE, February 28: Disney Channel has unveiled plans to launch As the Bell Rings, its first original made-for-mobile short-form series, in Singapore next month. The series, based on the global format Quelli dell'Intervallo, looks at the comical school life of …

LONDON, February 28: Target Entertainment has taken ownership of Greenlit Rights, an independent drama producer in the U.K. The move follows Target’s acquisition of Minotaur International in July of last year. Founded by Jill Green in 1998, Greenlit Rights specializes …

LUCERNE/LONDON, February 28: At an event at the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in London, the nominees were announced for the upcoming 48th edition of the Rose d’Or Festival, set for May 2 to 6 in Lucerne, Switzerland. …

PARIS/LOS ANGELES, February 28: DISCOP, which will take place from June 18 to 20 in Budapest, Hungary, has registered more than 1,100 participants to date, an increase of 22 percent on the year-ago period. This year’s delegates will take a …