World Screen

CANNES, October 10: ABC News Now is set to expand beyond the U.S., with Buena Vista International Television-Asia Pacific (BVITV-AP) inking a carriage deal with Dish TV in India for the 24-hour news network. The channel will launch on the …

TORONTO, October 9: CHUM International (CI) and Takhayal Entertainment announced today the official launch of Citytv Beirut, an Arabic terrestrial service reaching more than 5 million people in Lebanon, as well as plans to develop a regional version of MuchMusic. …

LOS ANGELES, October 9: Former IDT Entertainment Sales executive Andrew Berman has been named as the executive VP and general manager of TMS Entertainment USA, the U.S. arm of the SEGA-owned Japanese animation producer and distributor. Berman will oversee TMS’s …

BRIGHTON, October 9: Electric Sky has negotiated a range of new licensing deals, including selling the 2007 Independent Spirit Awards to ITV4. Further, in France, ARTE has acquired the archaeological history special The Fireball of Tutankhamun, following sales to YLE …

CANNES, October 9: Screentime Partners has signed a distribution deal with Talent Television for the new entertainment format The Big Sell, it was announced in Cannes today. Created in house at Talent, the format features 32 salespeople battling it out …

WOODLAND HILLS, October 9: Rigel Entertainment has entered into an association with the independent home entertainment distributor Westlake Entertainment for a new DVD label. Under the terms of the deal, all Rigel product will be distributed under the newly created …

CANNES, October 9: Cinamour Entertainment has announced a batch of first-day MIPCOM deals, including the placement of its martial arts fantasy/adventure feature film Forbidden Warrior in the U.S. The film is slated to air on one of Rainbow Media’s suite …

CANNES, October 9: Spanish broadcaster TVE has acquired the rights to the 78×30-minute Toei Animation series Zatch Bell! in a deal brokered by Elastic Rights. The show, targeted to 7-to-14-year-olds, launches on the Spanish pubcaster this month. It has already …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON, October 9: The British production company Zig Zag Productions has entered into a joint venture with Ben Silverman’s Reveille, with their first project already having secured a commission from Lifetime in the U.S. Going for Broke will be …

VANCOUVER, October 9: The live-action kids’ adventure series Harriet the Spy, which Mainframe Entertainment is offering at MIPCOM this week, will launch on Discovery Kids in the U.S. next fall. The 22×30-minute show is a production of Protocol Entertainment, whose …