World Screen

NEW YORK, May 3: In a long-term agreement, Big Tent Entertainment has been tapped as the exclusive U.S. licensing agent for Discovery Kids. Under the agreement, Big Tent will represent the U.S. licensing rights to some of Discovery Kids’ most …

LOS ANGELES, May 3: StarBrand Media has partnered with the U.S.-based gay- and lesbian-targeted here! Networks to allow viewers to purchase a variety of branded consumer products featured on the channel’s gothic supernatural soap Dante’s Cove. StarBrand Media will utilize …

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, May 3: The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group has announced a call for entries for the 2006-2007 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Television. Awards will be presented for Outstanding …

LONDON, May 3: Lion Television has been commissioned by Channel 4 to produce Athens, a 2×1-hour historical documentary series exploring the world of Athens in 500 B.C. Athens will be presented by renowned historian and broadcaster Bettany Hughes, who penned …

LONDON, May 3: Cineflix International has struck a two-year rolling volume output deal with Italian broadcaster Mediaset. Under the agreement, three of Cineflix’s in-house produced factual entertainment shows will initially head to Mediaset: the 6×1-hour series Trapped: Escape From Disaster, …

LONDON, May 3: BBC Worldwide’s Indie Unit has reached a long-term development and distribution deal with independent producer Dangerous Films. Under the terms of the agreement, BBC Worldwide will act as the international distributor and co-producer for Dangerous Films’ forthcoming …

PARIS, May 3: At a press conference in Paris, the 47th Monte-Carlo TV Festival and Eurodata TV Worldwide announced the nominees for the second annual International TV Audience Awards, with six of the nominated programs hailing from the U.S. The …

LONDON, May 3: Sony Pictures Television International’s AXN brand has passed the 1-million subscriber mark in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland. With a slate that includes series like The Shield, Homicide and Highlander; reality shows including Amazing Race and Survivor; …

NEW YORK/DUBAI, May 3: United Arab Emirates-based Al Ahli Group (AAG) has reached a long-term agreement with Nickelodeon to feature the kids’ brand and its hit properties in its new theme park in Dubai, which will open in 2011. Several …

LOS ANGELES, May 3: Blueprint Entertainment, the production outfit set up by former Alliance Atlantis executives John Morayniss and Noreen Halpern, has taken a “significant stake” in Canadian distributor Oasis International for an undisclosed sum. Blueprint recently received a multimillion-dollar …