World Screen

TORONTO, April 10: CCI Entertainment has licensed a substantial programming package to the U.S. Hispanic-targeted Latin America Broadcasting Inc. (LAT TV), including four family movies, three children’s series, and three lifestyle series. This deal is part of LAT TV’s continued …

LOS ANGELES, April 10: Taffy Entertainment has secured the worldwide distribution rights to Howie Mandel’s Emmy-nominated 81×23-minute series Bobby’s World, which was relaunched in January on Kabillion’s VOD and broadband platforms. Bobby’s World, which was originally broadcast on FOX from …

TORONTO, April 10: Breakthrough Animation has begun developing two new animated series targeted to the 18-to-35-year-old demographic: the 26×30-minute dark comedy The Orphanage, and the 26×5-minute pop-culture satire Foolz ‘N The Hood, with both series available for broadcast, broadband and …

NEW YORK, April 10: 4Kids Entertainment has licensed its new CGI comedy adventure series Viva Piñata to Mediaset in Italy, TV 2 in Denmark, MTV 3 in Finland and Momo Kids TV in Taiwan. Twenty-six new half-hour episodes of the …

LONDON, April 10: Endemol International has expanded its finished-program slate ahead of MIPTV, taking over from BBC Worldwide the distribution of shows commissioned by the BBC from Endemol U.K. BBC programs that Endemol will now be bringing to the market …

BETHPAGE, April 10: Cablevision Systems Corporation has announced that it is filing an appeal against a federal court ruling that blocked the rollout of its remote-storage digital video recorder. The planned device would allow any Cablevision subscriber with a digital …

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 10: The U.S. government has lodged two complaints against China at the World Trade Organization, citing the rampant piracy of American intellectual property in the country. U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab noted: “Piracy and counterfeiting levels in …

LONDON, April 9: Galleon Entertainment is looking to secure online, mobile and TV broadcast deals for Apollo's Pad, its 52×5-minute multiplatform animated series for 16- to 34-year-olds, at MIPTV. Currently in production, Apollo's Pad is scheduled for launch online, on …

HOLLYWOOD, April 9: International Broadcast Communications (IBC) will offer Popular Art Entertainment’s Going Wild with Jeff Corwin and Animal Legends for distribution at MIPTV, two series that have previously aired on Animal Planet and the Discovery Channel. IBC will make …

MEVASSERT ZION, April 9: Israel’s Armoza Formats has picked up the rights to the financial makeover format Overdraft Family, which the company will be launching at MIPTV. The format was developed by Israeli broadcaster Channel 2 Reshet and locally produced …