World Screen

HOUSTON, June 15: The Right Stuf International has licensed the Japanese animated series Ninja Nonsense, targeted at young adults, to the Anime Network in the U.S. Consisting of 12 half-hour episodes, the series, which has been a hit in Japan, …

TORONTO, June 15: Canadian distributor re:think Entertainment has shored up a host of new deals on its kids’ and factual programming slates, including one with the new IPTV platform Babelgum. The Babelgum deal includes the 52×30-minute adventure travel series Alternate …

TOKYO, June 15: Toei Animation and the Spanish brand management company Elastic Rights have sold the first two seasons of the animated series Pretty Cure to three broadcasters in Spain: Jetix, Cuatro, and Clan TVE. Jetix has acquired the pay-TV …

LONDON, June 15: In a publishing deal brokered by Start Licensing, the U.K.-based Redan Publishing will feature imagery from S4C International’s stop-motion preschool animated property Hana’s Helpline in its British comic magazine Fun To Learn Friends. The proposed content will …

NEW YORK, June 15: HBO Family has acquired Magic Cellar, an award-winning 3-D animated series that was commissioned by South Africa’s SABC, for a U.S. premiere on Saturday, June 23, at 6:30 p.m. The sale marks the first time that …

PARIS/NEW YORK, June 15: TV France International will host 14 companies under a French umbrella stand at the Licensing Show in New York next week. This marks the fourth consecutive year that TV France International has had an umbrella stand …

NEW YORK, June 15: VH1 will broadcast Concert for Diana, a six-hour event at Wembley Stadium commemorating the life of Princess Diana, on a variety of platforms, on Sunday, July 1. The six-hour concert will be broadcast live in its …

PHILADELPHIA, June 15: SIVOO, an IPTV network featuring multicultural on-demand programming, has inked deals with two Indian distributors for a raft of content, including a number of Bollywood features. "SIVOO already has an impressive library of Bollywood films, but through …

NEW YORK, June 15: Universal Media Studios (formerly NBC Universal Television Studio) will produce an English-language version of Caracol’s Colombian telenovela hit Sin Tetas No Hay Paraiso (Without Breasts There Is No Paradise) for NBC, while a Spanish edition will …

NEW YORK, June 15: Nickelodeon, Sony Music Label Group and Sony BMG Commercial Music Group are set to co-develop, co-produce and co-finance a slate of television and music projects over the next four years. The deal will cover the development …