World Screen

NEW YORK, October 29: Juniper Content Corporation’s Hispanic kids channel ¡Sorpresa! has acquired four new programs, including animated and live-action series and films that are targeted at preschoolers, kids and tweens. The network’s own hosted television special Luz, Camara, ¡Sorpresa! …

TORONTO/LONDON, October 29: DECODE Entertainment has inked a deal to bring the first two seasons of its tween live-action series Naturally Sadie, totaling 39 episodes, to Nickelodeon Germany. Alongside the Germany deal, other Nickelodeon channels have picked up the third …

MUNICH, October 29: SevenOne International has finalized a raft of global sales for several of its hit ProSiebenSat.1 shows, including the game show Beat Your Host, which has sold to a total of 14 countries. New countries picking up Beat …

LONDON, October 29: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has secured second-season renewals for its hit business entertainment format Dragons’ Den in six territories. Second seasons of Dragons’ Den have been commissioned by Holland, Canada, Romania, Croatia, Ukraine and Israel. The …

LONDON, October 29: ITV DVD has signed an agreement to make more than 300 features from its movie library available for download to own and download to rent via the British online retailer Coolroom. Films from ITV DVD’s library will …

LOS ANGELES/DENVER, October 29: Bennett Media Worldwide (BMW) and Thought Equity Motion have partnered for a co-venture to develop, produce, and distribute a wide range of original programming for both digital platforms and traditional television worldwide. As part of the …

LONDON, October 29: In a multi-year deal, FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has sold the hit reality competition series American Idol to Australian pay-TV platform FOXTEL’s primary channel, FOX8. The seventh season of the show will air from January 2008 onwards in …

LONDON, October 29: News Corp.’s FOX International Channels is rolling out FOX Crime in the Baltics and Russia as an 18-hour service dedicated to crime, investigation and mystery. Starting today, FOX Crime can be seen in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. …

TEL AVIV/BUENOS AIRES, October 29: Dori Media International (DMI) has finalized an agreement to acquire a 50-percent stake in the Argentinean production company Central Park Productions (CPP) for $1.1 million in cash. CPP has $3.1 million of in debt and …

LONDON/DUBAI, October 29: MTV Arabia, the Middle East’s first Arabic free-to-air youth entertainment and lifestyle channel, will roll out on November 17, reaching a potential audience of 190 million people across the region. MTV Arabia will reach the biggest potential …