World Screen

LONDON, September 19: Granada International has picked up the distribution rights to Company Pictures’ new adaptation of Mansfield Park. This new version of Jane Austen’s classic tale of love, betrayal and the agonies of the Regency class system, adapted by …

LONDON, September 19: Zonemedia’s Zone Reality channel will be launching its first original series Psychic Private Eyes. Psychic Private Eyes will consist of 15 one-hour episodes and is a co-production between Zonemedia and the British company IPM. The series is …

NEW YORK, September 19: Nickelodeon will go off the air for three hours on September 30 to celebrate its third annual Worldwide Day of Play, part of its “Let’s Just Play” campaign that encourages children to have active and healthy …

LOS ANGELES, September 19: USA Network has renewed Psych for a second season, ordering 16 new episodes of the series, which debuted during the summer. In its first episode on July 7, Psych brought in 6.25 million total viewers and …

CULVER CITY, September 19: Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) is adding executives to oversee its mobile teams in Asia Pacific and Latin America. “Sony Pictures is firmly committed to growing its mobile entertainment business, and is dedicating significant resources to …

ENGLEWOOD, September 18: EchoStar Communications Corporation has appointed Carl Vogel as president, overseeing day-to-day operations for DISH Network, effective immediately. Vogel will continue to serve as vice chairman of EchoStar's board of directors. Vogel returned to EchoStar in May 2005 …

SHERMAN OAKS, September 18: PBS Kids will add the Corner Stone Animation series Betsy’s Kindergarten Adventures to its schedule starting in the fall of 2007. Betsy’s Kindergarten Adventures is an animated educational preschool series whose aim it is to help …

MONTREAL, September 18: Just For Laughs has sold its series Naked & Funny, produced by AFL Productions, to Comedy Central in Germany and Viasat in Hungary, which launched the show in August. The hidden-camera comedy series Naked & Funny already …

LONDON, September 18: As part of its international expansion plans, HIT Entertainment is opening a new office in Hong Kong, to service the Asia-Pacific region. From this new office, HIT will handle licensing, TV sales and distribution to broadcasters, licensees …

SYDNEY, September 18: Southern Star International has sold the 2005 season of the travel show Getaway to Discovery Travel and Living Asia. Getaway, now in its 11th season, is produced by Nine Network Australia and brings armchair travelers the latest …