World Screen

MEVASSERT ZION, January 28: Israel’s Armoza Formats will be at NATPE this week with two new formats, Approved for Love and The Inconceivable. Approved for Love is a dating reality show in which three members of a single’s circle of …

HARRINGTON PARK, January 28: Janson Media has reached an exclusive agreement with Great Decisions Television and the Foreign Policy Association to distribute its international affairs-themed public television series Great Decisions to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video and new-media markets. Now in …

LAS VEGAS, January 28: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has inked multiple licensing deals and renewals for its stable of reality programs, totaling more than 260 hours, and will introduce two new celebrity-based series to buyers at NATPE this week. …

BURBANK, January 28: DIC Entertainment is debuting three animated children’s properties at NATPE, headlined by Dino Squad. All three series target kids aged 6 to 11, and debuted on the KEWLopolis on CBS block in Fall 2007. The 26 half-hour …

LONDON, January 28: ESPN Classic has extended its contract with the Premier League for archived English soccer highlights, dating back to 1992, for a further three years. Tony Stimpson, the director of programming for Europe at ESPN Classic, commented: “The …

NEW YORK, January 28: Nickelodeon has entered into a deal with Royal Caribbean International for the first-ever Nickelodeon Family Cruise, a seven-day family vacation that sets sail this summer. Nickelodeon Family Cruise with Royal Caribbean will run from August 10-17, …

World Screen Weekly, January 24, 2088 President Comcast International Media Group On the heels of its MIPCOM 2007 launch, Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) is ramping up for continued growth in 2008. The division of U.S. cable giant Comcast Corporation …

MIAMI, January 28: The U.S. Hispanic network Telemundo has partnered with Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) to co-produce the prime-time original novela Doña Bárbara, slated to air in the third quarter of this year. Shot in high definition, the novella …

LOS ANGELES, January 28: Program Partners and Merv Griffin Entertainment (MGE) have announced that the syndicated daytime game show Merv Griffin’s Crosswords has been renewed for a second season, with the show already cleared in 40 of the top 50 …

TV Kids Weekly, January 22, 2008 ORIGIN: The series is based on an original concept from Marathon Media. DISTRIBUTOR: Marathon International is the worldwide TV and video distributor. CREATORS: Vincent Chalvon-Demersay and David Michel TV SHOW: There are five seasons …