World Screen

NEW YORK, December 7: Bravo has ordered second seasons of two reality series: the hairstyling competition Shear Genius and the interior design show Top Design. Magical Elves, the production outfit behind Top Chef and Project Runway, will be taking over …

NEW YORK, December 7: In the run-up to NATPE, Entertainment Rights (ER) has secured the Latin American distribution rights for the new 2-D series Transformers Animated, set to debut in the U.S. in early 2008. ER has picked up the …

SINGAPORE, December 7: SingTel has unveiled the lineup for Singaporean movie and TV content that will be available on demand this month on its pay-TV platform, mio TV. The new schedule on mio TV’s Video on Demand kicks off with …

SÃO PAULO, December 7: Eastern European broadcaster TV Kosava has renewed its agreement with Globo TV Sports, picking up the 2008 season of Brazilian Magic Football along with a range of other Brazilian football programming. The package for Brazilian Magic …

NEW YORK, December 7: NBC Universal-owned cable channel USA Network has re-upped the current contract for World Wrestling Entertainment’s WWE Monday Night RAW for an additional two years. The extension comes as the wrestling series plans to celebrate its upcoming …

SANTA MONICA, December 7: Lionsgate has expanded its agreement with MGA Entertainment by picking up additional home entertainment and VOD distribution rights to MGA’s Bratz franchise in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. The new extended agreement sees Lionsgate becoming …

NEW YORK, December 7: SCI FI Channel has given the go-ahead for a new reality competition pilot, Run For Money, based on a hit Japanese format from Fuji Television. The pilot is set to begin production in January in Los …

PARIS, December 7: TV France International’s second Rendez-Vous in Rio, slated for December 9 to 11 at the Sofitel Hotel, will be attended by 31 French exporters and more than 75 buyers from the region. Buyers from nine countries in …

LONDON, December 7: Terry Bate has increased his stake to 18.66 percent of the share capital of the U.K.’s Talent Group, the holding company of Talent Television, and is expected to succeed Robert Benton as chairman of the board. Altogether, …

NEW YORK, December 7: British adventurer and environmentalist David de Rothschild has been tapped to host a new environmental series pilot produced by NBC's Peacock Productions for the Sundance Channel. Peacock Productions, NBC’s nonfiction production unit, has begun production on …