World Screen

HILVERSUM, April 12: Telescreen’s classic property Alfred J. Kwak, licensed into more than 85 territories since its 1989 debut, has generated new interest ahead of MIPTV, with YLE2 in Finland renewing its rights to two seasons of 52 half-hour episodes. …

LONDON, April 12: Outright Distribution has closed a finished program and format option deal on It’s Me or the Dog with Animal Planet in the U.S. Animal Planet Media has licensed the first three seasons of It’s Me Or The …

NORTH BAY VILLAGE, April 13: Atlantic Broadband, a cable platform that services customers in Florida, Maryland/Delaware, South Carolina and Western Pennsylvania, has added Caracol Television Internacional to its Mundo Latino Spanish-language service. In addition to its slate of Colombian novelas, …

LONDON, April 12: Guinness World Records has reached a deal to distribute its original programming on Joost, with more than 35 hours of the British show Ultimate Guinness World Records initially available worldwide via the online TV platform. Additional content …

CLEVELAND/LOS ANGELES, April 12: American Greetings Properties and DIC Entertainment are adding the new Care Bears and Strawberry Shortcake series to the KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS kids’ block, along with the brand-new show Sushi Pack. The three shows …

LONDON, April 12: Entertainment Rights has licensed all 80 15-minute episodes of Postman Pat to CCTV in China for premiere this year as part of the children’s block, CCTV-kids. This marks the first time that Postman Pat will appear on …

ROME, April 12: Boris, the first scripted series produced by Fox Channels Italy, launches on the FOX channel on SKY Italia on Monday, April 16, at 11 p.m. The series will also be available on FoxOne, the mobile DVB-H channel …

LONDON, April 12: In a format deal with Reveille International, Sky One has secured the rights to develop a version of Mark Burnett Productions’ hit FOX game show Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? under the title Are You …

LONDON, April 12: Cartoon Network in the U.S. will launch The Mr. Men Show, a new 52×11-minute animated sketch comedy series for kids from Chorion, in January 2008. Cartoon Network will also co-produce the series, which is based on the …

BURBANK, April 12: DIC Entertainment has formed a Global Brand Management division that will work across the TV, home entertainment and consumer products divisions, reporting to Nancy Fowler, the company’s head of global sales. The Global Brand Management division will …