World Screen

MALIBU, February 14: JAKKS Pacific has inked an exclusive five-year worldwide master toy license with TNA (Total Nonstop Action) Entertainment for TNA Wrestling, with a product launch slated for 2010. The license includes all styles of action figures, playsets, accessories …

SANTA MONICA, February 14: Digital studio Electric Farm Entertainment has selected Perspective Studios as its animation production partner on Gemini Division, an online live-action and animated sci-fi series starring Rosario Dawson. Created and produced by Electric Farm Entertainment, the 50×3-minute …

BERLIN/GRÜENWALD, February 14: Austria’s ORF has picked up the free-TV rights for the first two seasons of The School for Vampires from brand management and media company m4e. The 52×11-minute episodes, which tell the story of three vampire children attending …

TORONTO, February 14: Corus Entertainment’s preschool network Treehouse has added six new shows to its lineup, including In the Night Garden, Yo Gabba Gabba! and The Koala Brothers. Beginning February 25, the channel will air In the Night Garden on …

ATLANTA, February 14: Cartoon Network in the U.K. has acquired the animated adventure show World of Quest from Cookie Jar Entertainment, and will broadcast the series in 2009. World of Quest is a comedic action series that follows the spoiled …

NEW YORK, February 14: 4Kids Entertainment has secured new international sales for its animated series Dinosaur King to broadcasters in Canada, Latin America and Europe. The new broadcast deals for Dinosaur King include YTV in Canada, Jetix in Latin America, …

STAMFORD, February 14: In a multi-year agreement, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has tapped Mattel as its master toy licensee covering all global territories upon the expiration of WWE’s current toy license, effective in January 2010. Under the terms of the …

STOCKHOLM, February 14: Sweden’s TV4 Group has signed a new two-year distribution agreement that will provide Canal Digital’s subscribers access to its new channel TV4 Science Fiction, which will launch on February 29. The distribution deal applies to all of …

LONDON, February 14: Virgin Media Television-owned entertainment channel LIVING has picked up a new competition reality series, Strictly Come Dieting, from Mentorn. The eight-part series watches ten amateur dancers, who are in need of losing a few pounds, pair up …

ATLANTA, February 14: TNT has ordered 13 episodes of Electric Entertainment’s new drama series Leverage, slated for a premiere later this year. Starring Oscar winner Timothy Hutton and executive-produced by Dean Devlin and John Rogers, the series follows a team …