World Screen

LOS ANGELES, April 24: Toei Animation has licensed the fifth season of Digimon to Disney ABC Cable Networks for launch on Toon Disney’s Jetix block, and has inked a DVD deal with FUNimation Entertainment on One Piece. Season five of …

SYDNEY, April 24: The Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) wrapped up MIPTV with U.S. and European sales confirmed at the market for Lockie Leonard and the award-winning Mortified. Lockie Leonard, produced by Essential Viewing, has been sold to VOOM HD …

SAN FRANCISCO, April 24: VIZ Media has licensed 52 episodes of its popular anime series Naruto to Chilean terrestrial broadcaster Chilevision for launch in the second half of this year. In terms of other Latin American broadcast deals to-date for …

SANTA MONICA, April 24: GSN has begun production on its newest game series, Without Prejudice?, which originally debuted in the U.K. and won an International Emmy award, for launch in the U.S. on July 17 in prime time. The series …

PARIS, April 24: Taffy Entertainment has licensed a number of its properties into the Middle East to United Arab Emirates-based broadcasters E-Vision and MBC. MBC picked up the Emmy-nominated 52×11-minute series Growing Up Creepie. Recently named Best TV Series For …

MUNICH, April 24: SevenOne International is reporting a successful outing to MIPTV last week, notching up deals on formats like Beat Your Host! and big-budget event programming such as Raging Inferno and The Hunt for Troy. Jens Richter, the company’s …

TORONTO, April 24: The Canadian animation channel TELETOON is launching a video on demand offering at the end of this week and a mobile TV service next month. “We are extremely excited about the possibilities these new platforms present for …

HONG KONG, April 24: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has licensed a slate of content to Korea’s Daum Communications for free, ad-supported streaming online. Daum will stream the SPTI content via its portal, www.daum.net, on an ad-supported basis. The service …

NEW YORK, April 24: Lifetime Television has greenlit the new original mini-series The Gathering from David Eick (Battlestar Galactica) and John Shiban (X-Files) and Sony Pictures Television, and has committed to increasing its 2007-08 programming budget by 31 percent. The …

MIAMI, April 24: MySpace is launching a new site targeted to U.S. Hispanics, as well as a pan-regional offering for Latin America and has plans for localized communities in Mexico and Brazil. "We're moving rapidly to build communities that reflect …