World Screen

TORONTO, February 9: Solutions 2 GO Inc, a Canadian-based provider of electronic entertainment products, has reached a deal with 20th Century Fox Licensing and Merchandising to develop a line of video game accessories in North America based on FOX’s hit …

LONDON, February 9: Factual distributor TVF International has licensed more than 20 hours of programming into Spain via Televisió de Catalunya and Sogecable’s travel channel Viajar. The deals include the sale to Televisió de Catalunya of the 4×56-minute acclaimed environmental …

LONDON, February 9: Confidential with Neil Sean, a new series featuring the British gossip columnist for Sky News and publications such as Metro and New, will launch on The Biography Channel in the U.K. on February 17. The 13×30 minute …

MIAMI, February 9: Zorro: La Espada y La Rosa, the Sony Pictures Television International and RTI Colombia co-production for Telemundo, will premiere on the high-definition cable channel Universal HD prior to its launch on the Hispanic broadcaster. The novela's first …

LONDON, February 9: Granada International has licensed ITV Productions’ reality format Boot Camp to Georgia’s Rustavi 2 for broadcast early this year. Rustavi 2 will create its own version of Boot Camp, which sees 16 people take on the challenge …

SILVER SPRING, February 9: TLC has given a green light to an eight-part series with supermodel and activist Petra Nemcova that promises to deliver an inside look at how “real women become models.” Tentatively titled The Petra Nemcova Project, the …

TORONTO, February 9: The deadline for submissions to this year’s Banff World Television Awards (also known as the Rockies) has been extended to February 23 following requests from prospective entrants. “We’ve had a phenomenal response to this year’s call for …

UNTERFOEHRING, February 9: EM.Entertainment has taken a 22.5-percent stake in Kabillion, the multiplatform kids’ destination launched by Taffy Entertainment in conjunction with REMIX Entertainment Ventures last month. Kabillion is targeted to kids aged 5 to 12. It is available on …

SYDNEY, February 9: Network Ten is sublicensing up to 25 segments per year from 60 Minutes in the U.S. to fellow Australian broadcaster Nine Network, which is home to the local version of the investigative magazine series. TEN has the …

BURBANK, February 9: Touchstone Television, Disney-ABC Television Group’s in-house production company, is being renamed as ABC Television Studio, as part of a company-wide initiative to focus on the core Disney, ABC and ESPN brands. The newly named ABC Television Studio …