World Screen

SEOUL, October 20: The international distribution division of the Korean terrestrial KBS has licensed its new drama Hwangini into Taiwan and Vietnam. The company’s big push at MIPCOM, Hwangini is a 24×70-minute costume drama about a Korean Gisaeng (Geisha). Deals …

VIENNA, October 20: The Universum strand of documentaries from Austrian pubcaster ORF was the company’s standout offering at MIPCOM last week, generating a number of new deals, including one with RAI. The Italian broadcaster picked up Universum titles like Strange …

COSTA MESA, October 20: Playmates Toys has been named as the master toy licensee for Microsoft and 4Kids Entertainment’s new series Viva Piñata, currently airing on the Saturday-morning 4Kids TV block on FOX. The show is accompanied by an upcoming …

LOS ANGELES, October 20: The Gurin Company has reached a deal to bring the Japanese game show NEP League, from Fuji Television Network, to the U.S. market. The series has been winning its prime-time slot every week for more than …

LONDON, October 20: Channel 4 has commissioned Landmark Films to produce Strangest Hotel in Britain, a documentary about a British training hotel for the mentally disabled. The film, a follow up to Landmark’s Strangest Village in Britain, will be broadcast …

HONG KONG, October 20: Sony Pictures Television International’s AXN Asia channel is gearing up to launch AXN Mobile, a mobile WAP entertainment portal, in early November. AXN Mobile will offer streaming content on demand, featuring clips from its key shows, …

MONACO, October 20: Globo TV Sports at Sportel this week announced an agreement with the Al Dowaly Center Co. of Kuwait for a package of Brazilian soccer matches. Al Dowaly Center acquired Brazilian Magic Football, a package of 82 live …

HOLLYWOOD, October 20: The Jim Henson Company is in development on a full-length feature inspired by the classic 1980s TV show Fraggle Rock. The untitled film will take the Fraggles—Gobo, Wembley, Mokey, Boober and Red—on an adventure outside of Fraggle …

BURBANK, October 20: The CW Network has given full-season orders to the freshman comedy The Game and the returning drama 7th Heaven, both of which are distributed by CBS Paramount International Television. Retaining 95 percent of its Girlfriends lead-in among …

LONDON, October 20: Subscribers of the British cable platform ntl Telewest now have access to a slate of programming from Channel 4 on an on-demand basis, the two companies announced today. The platform’s 2.8 million digital cable subscribers will have …