World Screen

VANCOUVER, April 5: Thunderbird Films has wrapped up production on the third season of its half-hour live-action children’s series Zixx, for premiere on YTV in Canada in summer 2008. Zixx has also been sold to Cartoon Network in the U.S. …

TORONTO, April 5: At MIPTV this month, 9 Story Entertainment will focus on pre-sales for three of the company's new animated comedic properties, Almost Naked Animals, Bash Boys and SuperEwe. Almost Naked Animals, a comedy series targeting 6 -11-year olds, …

ORLANDO, April 5: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has reached a new deal with Ripley Entertainment to continue developing versions of the Believe It or Not! TV series outside of the U.S. The 88×1-hour series was originally produced in the …

NEW YORK, April 5: Following the successful launch of the Italian version of NBC’s late-night, long-running sketch show Saturday Night Live, the series’ distributor, Broadway Video Enterprises, is looking to do further format deals in key European markets. BVE’s senior …

LONDON, April 5: BBC Worldwide will be at MIPTV this month with an enhanced local production team and a raft of formats, headlined by new offerings like Love Production’s Baby Borrowers alongside established hits such as Dancing with the Stars. …

LONDON, April 5: Distraction has announced that Cosgrove Muerer Productions will develop an American version of Man Maid, a hidden-camera reality format that originated in Italy. The series was originally produced by Polivideo and first aired in Italy on Foxlife …

NEW YORK/DHAKA, April 5: Sisimpur, the award-winning Bangladeshi adaptation of Sesame Street, is set to begin production on a third season of 52 half-hour episodes next week. The series, produced by Nayantara Communications, will be filmed at the Film Development …

LOS ANGELES, April 5: MGM International Television Distribution (MGM TV) has taken on the worldwide rights to two series from MTV in the U.S., Kaya and Living Lahaina, both of which will be available to buyers at MIPTV. Kaya is …

NEW YORK/LONDON/AMSTERDAM, April 5: The History Channel is slated to launch in Benelux in the second quarter of this year, following its recent Scandinavian rollout. The History Channel UK, a joint venture of A&E Television Networks (AETN) and BSkyB, has …

BURBANK, April 5: NBC has renewed its acclaimed freshman comedy 30 Rock for the 2007-08 season, despite its season average of a 2.7 rating and 5.8 million viewers. The series will settle into its new time period of 9 p.m. …