World Screen

VANCOUVER, February 8: Studio B Productions has signed a development deal with YTV for the 6-11-targeted Look What My Sister Dragged In. The pilot for the 52×11-minute show, created by Rob Boutillier, premiered at MIPCOM Junior in October and was …

TORONTO, February 8: The Canadian boutique distributor re:think Entertainment has secured a number of sales and pre-sales on several of its factual properties, including a deal with Sundance Channel in the U.S. for Wetback: The Undocumented Documentary. re:think has licensed …

LOS ANGELES, February 8: Da Vinci’s Inquest, the award-winning Canadian crime drama syndicated in the U.S. by Program Partners, has been renewed for a third year in 98 percent of the country. The show will return this fall with all …

HILVERSUM, February 8: John de Mol’s Talpa Media Group has set up an international distribution division to exploit its completed productions and its formats. The launch of Talpa Content follows the recent American deal on the format The Golden Cage …

SEOUL, February 8: Sony Pictures Television International has appointed Soojin Chung as the executive director of licensing in Korea, heading up a new office in Seoul that opens this month. Chung, previously the head of sales for Korea at Buena …

MIAMI/NEW YORK, February 8: Nickelodeon Latin America has picked up the rights to two animated properties from Breakthrough Entertainment: Captain Flamingo and Jimmy Two Shoes. Captain Flamingo is set for a spring premiere, followed by Jimmy Two Shoes in the …

MONACO, February 8: A third ballroom has been added to the exhibition space at the Miami Beach Resort and Spa for SPORTELAmerica 2007, taking place March 12-14. Among the registered exhibitors for the three-day affair are Fox Sports International, Globo …

TORONTO, February 8: In its second straight deal with Mark Burnett Productions, CTV has acquired the Canadian broadcast rights to the new reality series Pirate Master: The Adventure Begins, for premiere this summer. CTV’s deal with Mark Burnett Productions comes …

MELBOURNE, February 8: Seven Network, Network Ten and FOXTEL today announced the rights-sharing agreement to carry matches from the Australian Football League on free- and pay-TV from 2007 to 2011. In January 2006, Seven and TEN accepted the AFL's terms …

PARIS/MADRID, February 8: Telefónica is working with Alcatel-Lucent on a pilot service in Spain delivering interactive TV, radio and music to mobile handsets. The tests started in early October 2006 and are scheduled to run for six months. The service …