World Screen

NEW YORK, September 24: Comedy Central has secured the first broadcast-window premiere rights to a package of National Lampoon movies. As part of the agreement, Comedy Central has acquired the first-window premiere rights to National Lampoon’s Bag Boy, the tale …

PHILADELPHIA, September 24: The 24-hour preschool network PBS KIDS Sprout celebrates its second birthday with the roll out of two new original morning blocks and a new season of its hit program The Good Night Show on September 26. The …

LONDON, September 24: Pilot Productions, the producer of the hit Globe Trekker series, has launched a new broadband channel, www.globetrekkerchannel.tv. Supported by the platform Narrowstep, the new broadband channel will feature Pilot’s archive travel and lifestyle programming, including TV-show trailers, …

HILVERSUM, September 24: 2waytraffic International has unveiled its new game show format, 50-50, the first spin-off from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, which has already secured deals in Japan, Greece, Australia and Italy. Japan’s Fuji channel will broadcast the …

LOS ANGELES, September 24: Showtime, Lionsgate and Spitfire Pictures have teamed up on a new, as-yet-untitled documentary that will present a behind-the-scenes look at the cutthroat world of high school musicals in Southern Indiana. Written and directed by Barry Blaustein, …

SINGAPORE, September 24: StarHub Digital Cable will roll out two new sports channels in Singapore, with the 24-hour cricket channel Neo Sports due to launch September 26, and the Golf Channel on October 16. Neo Sports will feature all home …

TORONTO, September 24: Astral Media's Family Channel will launch Playhouse Disney Canada, a multiplex channel targeting young children that will feature development-based programming from Disney, along with original Canadian content. The new channel will launch on November 30 on ExpressVu …

BURBANK/LONDON/SYDNEY, September 24: Disney Channel’s High School Musical 2 has debuted to record-breaking audiences this past weekend in the U.K., where it drew 1.74 million total viewers, and in Australia, where it delivered an average audience of 313,976 viewers to …

WASHINGTON, September 24: Smithsonian Networks has concluded its first carriage agreement with DIRECTV and will begin broadcasting its original programming on a new linear high-definition channel, Smithsonian Channel, tentatively slated to launch September 26. Under the carriage deal with DIRECTV, …

LONDON, September 24: Disney-ABC International Television and Channel 4 Finland (Nelonen) have concluded an IPTV VOD rental agreement to bring U.S. series like Lost and Desperate Housewives on demand to viewers four days after their linear broadcast in the U.S. …