World Screen

ATLANTA, February 12: Cartoon Network Enterprises (CNE) has secured four new merchandising partners for its Emmy Award-winning series Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends: Horizon Imports, Boston America, Freeze and Design International Group. Horizon Imports has inked a multi-year agreement to …

OTTAWA/VANCOUVER, February 12: Amberwood Productions has inked a co-production agreement with Canadian comic book publisher Arcana Studios to develop and produce a television series titled Ralph Filmore: Paranormal Investigator. The series will be a 2-D digitally animated comedy for kids …

SYDNEY, February 12: Beyond has inked a co-production agreement for an additional 13 half-hour episodes of the animated children’s property Milly, Molly. The series is a co-production between Pacific & Beyond, Scrawl Studios and Milly Molly Holdings, with the participation …

BURBANK, February 12: DIC Entertainment (DIC) has launched the first online video channel dedicated to new and classic cartoons for families and children, featuring more than 300 streaming videos from some 25 programs within the company’s library. kewlcartoons.com features 24/7 …

MUNICH/LONDON, February 12: TV-Loonland has inked a raft of international broadcast sales for the CGI-animated property Pat & Stan, including with Mediaset in Italy, among others. The series was also sold to ARD/HR in Germany for its children’s channel KI.KA. …

LONDON, February 12: ALL3MEDIA International has closed a number of sales and pre-sales for The Palace, an 8×1-hour drama based on a fictional version of life within the British Royal Family. The series has been pre-sold to Australia’s Seven Network, …

LONDON/SYDNEY, February 12: ABC Network in Australia has acquired BBC Worldwide’s BAFTA-winning children’s series In the Night Garden, which has now been licensed into 20 territories around the world. Produced by Ragdoll Productions, the team behind the preschool hit Teletubbies, …

AMSTERDAM/LONDON, February 12: Jetix Europe is working on the new animated comedy series Kid vs. Kat with DHX Media-owned Studio B Productions and YTV in Canada. Kid vs. Kat will debut on Jetix Europe’s channels beginning in early 2009. Jetix …

WASHINGTON, February 12: Smithsonian Networks, a joint venture between Showtime Networks and the Smithsonian Institution, has concluded two new carriage agreements with Charter Communications and Verizon FiOS TV for the Smithsonian Channel, increasing the network’s distribution to 22 million households …

LOS ANGELES, February 12: National Lampoon has acquired the assets of Comedy Express, a comedy media company that features content from well-known and emerging comic talent across broadband, wireless and television. Under the terms of the agreement, Comedy Express will …