World Screen

NEW YORK, August 7: TBS is launching two new original projects on its website’s broadband video player based on the series The Bill Engvall Show and My Boys. Ask Bill, tied to The Bill Engvall Show, will feature a collection …

MIAMI, August 7: Dolphin Entertainment has sold the live-action Nickelodeon tween series Zoey 101, targeted at girls aged 8-12, to Televisa in Mexico, Ecuavisa in Ecuador and Antena 3 in Spain. The series has already been licensed into more than …

LOS ANGELES, August 7: Taffy Entertainment has completed licensing deals for new product based on the 2-D and 3-D CGI-animated series Code Lyoko, including a music CD, video games and T-shirts. EMI/Caroline Records recently released the CD Code Lyoko—Featuring The …

LONDON, August 7: Fireworks International has secured the exclusive international rights outside of the U.S. to distribute more than 20 hours of comedic animated shorts from the digital entertainment company Mondo Media. Fireworks International has acquired the multiplatform international rights …

NEW YORK, August 7: The fourth annual BBC Showcase Latin America is set for the JW Marriot Hotel in Rio de Janeiro, September 16–18, with more than 200 executives from Latin American and U.S. Hispanic broadcasters slated to attend. “Growing …

NEW YORK, August 7: Nickelodeon's TV movie Drake & Josh: Really Big Shrimp, which debuted in prime time on August 3, ranked as the highest-rated TV movie among tweens and total viewers in the network’s history, drawing more than 5.8 …

ATLANTA, August 7: This month, CNN will premiere CNN Presents: God’s Warriors, a six-hour documentary series on the global impact of religious fundamentalism, reported by chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour. The series will air across CNN’s U.S. and international networks …

NEW YORK, August 7: Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s award-winning British comedy The Office has scored several digital deals in the U.S., bringing it to BBC America On Demand, Netflix.com and Vuze.com. Beginning this summer, two seasons of six half-hour …

NEW YORK, August 7: Worldwide Biggies, the digital entertainment studio founded by former Nickelodeon and Spike TV chief Albie Hecht, has secured $9 million in Series A financing, led by NBC Universal and Platform Equity. This round of funding also …

SYDNEY, August 7: Australian terrestrial Network Ten has signed a retransmission agreement with FOXTEL, placing the channel in the digital platform’s electronic program guide (EPG). Consumers will be able to tap into all of FOXTEL’s functionality when viewing TEN, including …