World Screen

LOS ANGELES, September 13: Independent non-fiction distributor Ocule has secured the global distribution rights to four prime-time series from Bodog TV for launch at MIPCOM: Bodog Fight, Bodog Music’s Battle of the Bands, Calvin’s Sharks & Fools and Calvin Ayre …

LOS ANGELES, September 13: PorchLight Entertainment has launched KidVideos.com, a new advertiser-supported online video portal that will host user-generated content from kids. The portal is currently in the public beta stage. When fully released, the site will also provide online …

LONDON, September 13: ITN has been appointed producer of Setanta Sports News, a 24-hour news channel jointly owned by Setanta Sports and Virgin Media, available to Virgin Media subscribers across the U.K. later this year and expanding to a wider …

ALVISO, September 13: TiVo has reached a deal to offer the first Spanish-language version of its service to Televisa-owned Cablevision’s digital cable subscribers in Mexico City, beginning today. The TiVo service is being offered to Cablevision subscribers as a package, …

UNIVERSAL CITY, September 12: Maria Sanchez, NBC Universal’s current senior VP liaison for Spain and Portugal, will take on an expanded role to include Latin America as part of her remit. Since joining NBC Universal in 2004, Sanchez has been …

KNOXVILLE, September 12: Jim Samples, most recently the general manager and executive VP of Cartoon Network Worldwide, has been named as president of Scripps-owned HGTV, effective October 1. Samples will succeed Judy Girard, who earlier this year announced her retirement …

TORONTO, September 12: CCI Entertainment has acquired the rights to the feature film Beautiful Dreamer and has secured the first sale on the title to Antena 3 in Spain. Beautiful Dreamer, starring Brooke Langton and Colin Egglesfield, is a story …

LOS ANGELES, September 12: PorchLight Entertainment has secured sales on Sardine Productions’ 2-D animated series My Goldfish is Evil! in more than 50 countries, following the renewal of the show by Canada’s CBC and Radio-Canada. The first 26 half-hour episodes …

TORONTO, September 12: Portfolio Entertainment has closed several international deals on its catalogue of animated, children’s and lifestyle programs, including a renewal in the Netherlands and sales in Canada, Turkey, South Africa, Singapore and Malaysia. The first three seasons of …

TORONTO, September 12: Cuppa Coffee’s stop-motion comedy series Nerdland is the first production to be green-lit by The Detour on the TELETOON Pilot Project, which invites Canadian producers to submit pilot proposals for broadcast consideration on The Detour teen block. …