World Screen

TORONTO/LONDON, June 25: DECODE Entertainment has secured a range of new international sales for its hit preschool property Franny’s Feet, including its first broadcast deal in Germany with the Disney Channel. In the Asia Pacific, Cartoon Network Korea has picked …

BEVERLY HILLS, June 25: Beauty TV, serving up content about make-up, hair, skin, spas and more, will provide a range of programming to the Internet TV platform Joost. On Joost, Beauty TV will feature content focused on beauty tips, hair, …

LONDON, June 25: Parthenon Entertainment has teamed up with the U.S.-based BASE Productions on two HD factual entertainment titles: Superhuman and Sport Science. Parthenon has made a significant investment in both shows and is distributing them internationally. The 13×1-hour Sport …

LOS ANGELES, June 25: PorchLight Entertainment is forming a U.S. home-entertainment division that will focus on releasing its own kids’ and family titles, as well as third-party fare. “When the PorchLight doors opened over a decade ago, it was with …

MUNICH, June 25: The talent show format The Successor, distributed by SevenOne International, will air in Germany on ProSieben in 2008, following a successful launch in Israel on Keshet’s Channel 2. Developed by Keshet Broadcasting, local production company Kuperman Productions …

ATLANTA, June 25: Cartoon Network and Hasbro are working together to jointly develop Transformers Animated, a new 2-D animated series scheduled to premiere in the U.S. in 2008. The development deal comes ahead of the release of the live-action theatrical …

AMSTERDAM/LOS ANGELES, June 25: In cooperation with Liberty Global’s Chellomedia division, MGM Networks, a division of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, will launch a Dutch version of the MGM Channel for local audiences in the Netherlands and Flemish-speaking Belgium. Wholly owned by MGM, …

SANTA MONICA, June 25: Home entertainment distributor Genius Products has entered into a deal with EMI Music North America's Christian Music Group (CMG) division as it looks to target the Christian retail market. EMI CMG Distribution becomes the exclusive distributor …

LONDON, June 25: Five has commissioned Feelgood Fiction to produce a second season of the award-winning series Suburban Shootout, centered on two competing gun-toting gangs of vigilante housewives. A co-commission with Paramount Comedy, Suburban Shootout garnered a Golden Nymph award …

SYDNEY, June 25: Southern Star International has sold the long-running Australian medical drama All Saints to BBC One for a slot on the daytime schedule, beginning in July. Produced by Seven Network, All Saints currently airs in Australia in prime …