World Screen

LONDON, October 11: IMG Media has picked up the distribution rights to the first season of the Sordid Lives comedy series. One of the highlights of IMG’s new portfolio, Sordid Lives is the 12-part prequel series to the 2001 movie …

MALAYSIA/BRUNEI, October 11: KBS World, the international channel operated by Korean pubcaster KBS, will be available to nearly 2 million households in Malaysia and Brunei via Astro, beginning this Saturday, October 13. KBS World will be available to all Astro …

LOS ANGELES, October 11: Bennett Media Worldwide has finalized a raft of global broadcast deals for its catalogue of high-definition programming. HDNet in the U.S. acquired HDTV and HD DVD rights for Taylor Hicks: Whomp at the Warfield and six …

LONDON, October 11: XYZnetworks’ The LifeStyle Channel in Australia and M6 in France have acquired the format rights to Channel 4 International’s (C4I) British property series Selling Houses. Produced by Ricochet in the U.K., Selling Houses shows viewers how to …

CANNES/MAINZ, October 11: At MIPCOM this week, ZDF Enterprises announced sales agreements with 50 international partners for its series and TV movies. To date, sizeable TV-movie packages have been sold to the French broadcaster TF1, Finland’s YLE and the Belgian …

CANNES/SYDNEY, October 11: BBC Worldwide has licensed a package of drama, entertainment and factual programming to ABC TV in Australia, including a second season of Tiger Aspect’s drama Robin Hood. Other titles licensed from BBC Worldwide include the 6×50-minute Rough …

LONDON, October 11: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has reached a long-term broadcast deal for the Australian drama Neighbours with the Irish terrestrial network RTE. Also included in the package to RTE are The Bill from the U.K. and Shortland Street from …

CANNES, October 11: Comcast International Media Group (CIMG) has secured a number of broadcast deals in the Asia-Pacific region for the second quarter and third quarter of this year, totaling more than 1,240 hours of entertainment and lifestyle-themed programming. Network …

MIAMI, October 11: Telemundo Internacional has closed a deal to represent, in Latin America, Korean dramas from SBS International. One of the productions included in the agreement is the successful telenovela Stairway to Heaven (Escalera al cielo), which has already …

LONDON, October 11: Granada International has appointed Richard Life as its new head of factual, overseeing acquisitions and co-productions. Life, previously at Channel 4 International, has built strong relationships with a variety of independent producers and secured development and first-look …