World Screen

LONDON, December 20: Entertainment Rights (ER) announced that the BBC has commissioned The Foundation, part of the U.K.’s RDF Media Group, to produce Basil’s Swap Shop, a new live studio-based kids’ series for the CBBC’s Saturday morning schedule. The series …

SÃO PAULO, December 20: Fox International Channels (FIC) has begun production in São Paulo, Brazil, on 9 mm: São Paulo, its first original series in Latin America. 9 mm: São Paulo will be broadcast throughout Latin America in the first …

SANTA MONICA, December 20: The finale of MTV’s A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila became the highest-rated series telecast on the network for 2007, with casting now underway for a spin-off, That’s Amore!, starring a fan-favorite contestant, Domenico Nesci. …

NEW YORK, December 20: VH1 Classic and the CBS News series 60 Minutes have teamed up to launch Classic 60 Minutes, a series drawn from the news-magazine’s video archives that will feature interviews with music legends. The series will air …

LONDON, December 20: In an effort to ramp up its output of original dramas for teen viewers, BBC Drama is inviting a range of in-house and independent production companies to pitch two new young-skewing series that will be broadcast on …

LONDON/MOSCOW, December 20: Disney-ABC International Television has finalized a multi-year entertainment licensing agreement with Russian state broadcaster Channel One. The deal covers the licensing of features, live-action series, animated series and made-for-TV movies, as well as the launch of a …

LOS ANGELES, December 20: U.S. Hispanic network Azteca America has expanded into its 61st market, inking an affiliate deal in Columbus, Ohio. "Announcing a strong affiliate in the Columbus market is a great way to finish out 2007, which has …

TORONTO, December 20: Peace Arch Entertainment has entered into negotiations to acquire London-based ContentFilm, the parent company of Fireworks International. The proposed bid values ContentFilm at 20 pence per share. The possible deal is worth 19,500,000 Peace Arch shares plus …

TRENTON, December 20: A federal jury has ruled in favor of The Sopranos creator David Chase in a lawsuit brought by an aspiring writer who was seeking compensation for helping to craft an early draft of the pilot of the …

PARIS, December 20: Reed MIDEM has selected another Asian market, Japan, to be the Country of Honor at MIPTV featuring MILIA, after celebrating India at MIPCOM in October. Japan Day is set for day one of MIPTV, which runs from …