World Screen

LOS ANGELES, February 26: TV Guide Broadband, an advertising-supported online video service provided by TV Guide Network, has signed new production agreements, bolstering its original programming lineup. Rhett & Link, the Internet musical comedians best known for hosting The CW’s …

SINGAPORE, February 26: Filming has begun for a new TV movie, titled Wherever You Are, co-produced by Six-Six-Eight (6-6-8) in Singapore and Italy’s FilmMaster Television. Wherever You Are is directed by Ambrogio Lo Giudice and stars the Italian actress Lucrezia …

LONDON, February 26: Spellbound Entertainment has secured a series of new broadcast and distribution deals in Iberia for its preschool show The Koala Brothers. In Portugal, state broadcaster RTP has bought all 78 ten-minute episodes, as well as the 46-minute …

TORONTO, February 26: Canada’s Cuppa Coffee Studios has inked new sales for its preschool series Bruno and the Banana Bunch, including broadcast deals with Nickelodeon Holland and VOOM HD Networks’ Animania in the U.S. Additionally, Dutch video publisher Memphis Belle …

TORONTO/LONDON, February 26: DECODE Enterprises has sold its hit preschool property Franny’s Feet to the Disney Channel in the U.K. The series, which follows a little girl with magical shoes, is a commission by Canada’s Family Channel and the U.K.’s …

NEW YORK/HONG KONG, February 26: Animation Collective has closed a deal to bring all four seasons of Thumb Wrestling Federation: TWF to Turner Entertainment Networks Asia’s (TENA) channels across the Asia-Pacific region. Under the agreement, TWF will air on all …

LONDON, February 26: In a five-year deal, Setanta Sports has secured the exclusive rights to the Indian Premier League, the new Twenty20 cricket competition. Setanta’s exclusive live coverage will start with all 59 games of the inaugural Indian Premier League …

SINGAPORE, February 26: ESPN STAR Sports has signed a new seven-year broadcast contract for the Australian Open, covering cable and satellite, IPTV, DTH and terrestrial rights until 2014. Furthermore, ESPN STAR Sports and Tennis Australia have agreed to a groundbreaking …

SÃO PAULO, February 26: Globo TV International has scored a host of deals in the weeks since NATPE, signing up several markets for its slate of telenovelas. Pages of Life was bought by Bolivia, Venezuela, Argentina, Ecuador, Panama, Costa Rica, …

UNTERFOEHRING, February 26: With its Sparrowhawk Distribution partnership ending next month, EM.Entertainment has entered into a distribution co-operation deal with Studio100 Media. Studio100 Media, a division of the Belgian-based Studio100 Holding, is led by former EM.Entertainment executive Patrick Elmendorff. The …