World Screen

MADRID/SYDNEY, October 16: SET in Spain has picked up the rights to two titles from Southern Star International: McLeod’s Daughters and The Sleepover Club. The channel, operated by Sony Pictures Television International, took seasons one through four of the hit …

BURBANK, October 16: Disney Channel in the U.S. has ordered a third season of the preschool series Charlie and Lola for its Playhouse Disney programming block. Nancy Kanter, the SVP of original programming at Disney Channel, noted, "The series does …

LONDON/MUNICH, October 16: BBC Worldwide is working with ProSieben on The Truth About Food, a new science series that aims to dispel the myths about the food we eat every day. The show, which will be called Food Check—Was Essen …

HILVERSUM, October 16: Endemol International has secured a range of new deals in Southeast Asia, including its first format agreement in Singapore. MediaCorp in Singapore has signed up for 30 hour-long episodes of Deal Or No Deal. The hit game …

GUTTENBERG, October 16: The broadband destination The Horror Channel has entered into a deal that will bring an array of its programming to the IPTV platform Akimbo. The Akimbo service features more than 13,000 on-demand videos from 200 content providers …

NEW YORK/SEATTLE, October 16: FremantleMedia is working with Mobliss to a launch new mobile channel, Atomic Wedgie, on Sprint in the U.S., featuring content from the FremantleMedia library. Offerings will include comedic animated and live-action shorts and series, British cult …

NEW YORK, October 16: Epic Records and Sony BMG are working to recreate the 70s and 80s boy band sensation Menudo—which gave Ricky Martin his big break—with MTV and Reveille to produce a reality series chronicling the search for the …

BURBANK, October 16: Jericho, the new drama about the aftermath of a nuclear explosion on a small Kansas town, has been given a full-season order by CBS. Distributed by CBS Paramount International Television, the show has been averaging 11.3 million …

BURBANK, October 16: ABC has given a full-season order to Ugly Betty, the American version of the Colombian soap Betty la fea, which has emerged as the most-watched new series of the 2006-07 season. Starring America Ferrera and executive produced …

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES, October 16: MTV Networks has acquired Quizilla.com, an online, user-generated community of original teen authors, aged 14 and above, who create and share quizzes, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, polls, and other content. The website was acquired from Gorilla …