World Screen

MEXICO CITY, September 6: TV Universal de Honduras’s Canal 30 has bagged the rights to air Bellezas Indomables, a new telenovela from Mexico’s TV Azteca. Bellezas Indomables centers around three beautiful and courageous sisters, who, after the death of their …

TORONTO, September 6: Production has wrapped on the first 26×3-minute episodes of 9 Story Entertainment’s animated-comedy series Futz!, which will be presented to buyers at MIPCOM. The property is a TELETOON original production, scheduled for its world premiere as part …

HOLLYWOOD, September 6: The Jim Henson Company and the PBS West Coast flagship station KCET have partnered to produce What’s the Big Idea?, a new educational series beginning production this fall to debut on PBS KIDS in 2008. The series …

NEW YORK, September 6: For its sixth year on the air, 4Kids TV is positioning itself as “The Game Station”, with its weekly four-hour Saturday morning kids block on FOX set to feature returning favorites as well as three new …

MOSCOW, September 6: Universal Pictures International Entertainment (UPIE) and Paramount Home Entertainment International (PHEI) have formed a partnership under which Universal Pictures Russia will market and distribute Paramount’s DVD titles in Russia, effective October 2. The agreement includes all releases …

NEW YORK, September 6: The Jetix block in the U.S. has acquired the cable broadcast rights to 4Kids Entertainment’s new series Chaotic, which has also been sold to Jetix Latin America. Chaotic is anticipated to launch on the U.S. block …

SINGAPORE, September 6: ESPN Star Sports has secured broadcast deals in the U.K. and Ireland with BSkyB and Independent Music Group for the first edition of the ICC World Twenty20 cricket tournament in September. BSkyB has acquired the exclusive English-language …

ROME, September 6: Nat Geo Wild, a 24-hour natural history channel from National Geographic Channels International (NGCI), will launch on SKY Italia in October. Nat Geo Wild will offer high-quality, blue-chip programming that takes viewers on intimate encounters with exotic …

HILVERSUM, September 6: Ericsson has entered into a global alliance with Endemol to develop interactive TV and user-generated content for its Me-On-TV technology, which has already been used by Endemol in the Netherlands for the reality series Big Brother. Under …

WASHINGTON, September 6: NASA and Discovery Communications have teamed up for a variety of on- and off-air activities throughout 2008 to commemorate the space program's 50th anniversary. The space agency, which was created by the National Aeronautics and Space Act, …