World Screen

LONDON, October 23: Pilot Productions has inked a deal for BBC Two to broadcast 10 half-hour episodes of Planet Food. The series goes on a culinary tour around the world, with hosts Merilees Parker, Padma Lakshmi, Ben O’Donoghue and Tyler …

MUNICH, October 23: SevenOne International is heading to the American Film Market for the first time with a view to securing DVD deals on event productions such as Tornado, The Crows and The Airlift. For the DVD editions, SevenOne International …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES, October 23: Peace Arch Entertainment Group has entered into a video label/distribution agreement with MarVista Entertainment to distribute MarVista's upcoming home entertainment titles in Canada. The alliance kicks off with The Ron Clark Story, the TNT original movie …

MONACO, October 23: SPORTELMonaco, which wrapped at the end of last week, featured a record 2,117 participants from 932 companies in 67 countries. This year’s attendance surpasses the 2000 record of 1,993 participants from 868 companies. There were a total …

LOS ANGELES, October 23: As part of a three-year sublicense agreement with the Fox Soccer Channel, Fox Sports en Espanol has acquired the exclusive Spanish-language television rights to approximately 12 Brazilian National Team friendly matches through 2008. The deal, which …

LONDON, October 23: ITV has commissioned a fifth season of four TV movies in the Wire In The Blood crime franchise, which is distributed by Southern Star International. With the new commission, Southern Star now has 19 TV movies to …

LOS ANGELES/MUNICH, October 23: Tandem Communications has entered into a co-production and distribution pact with Starz Media, with the first set of projects due to launch at the AFM: the SCI FI Channel series Painkiller Jane and an anthology of …

LOS ANGELES, October 23: In May of next year, Fox Reality Channel will launch the tentatively titled The Academy, a series from Scott Sternberg Productions that follows recruits training to be deputy sheriffs in Los Angeles. Filming begins on October …

NEW YORK, October 23: RHI Entertainment has entered into a production deal with SCI FI Channel for 10 original movies for 2007. The deal includes the basic cable rights to RHI Entertainment’s new horror-thriller projects Grizzly Rage, Maneater, Eye of …

NEW YORK, October 23: Last November, former Nickelodeon chief and Spike TV founder Albie Hecht launched Worldwide Biggies, a production outfit targeted to creating multiplatform content for the family and kids’ markets. As the company gears up for the launch …