World Screen

PALISADES PARK, August 3: Within one month of taking on this year’s Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show for international distribution, Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) has secured deals in the Asia Pacific, Canada and Mexico, among other markets. The one-hour special, slated …

NEW YORK, August 3: Thirteen/WNET New York and Unnatural Productions will co-produce 65 episodes of the educational kids’ series Unnatural History over a period of several years. Produced in 3-D animation, the series will follow four children who travel through …

TORONTO, August 3: CBC International Sales has secured four presales in Europe, Australia and Latin America on its documentary The Secret History of 9/11. The 2×1-hour production has been picked up by TF1’s Histoire in France, SBS in Australia, A&E …

LONDON, August 3: Granada International has sold several literary titles to Kanal 5 in Sweden and has renewed output deals in Norway and Finland. Among the titles in the Kanal 5 deal are Moll Flanders starring Alex Kingston, Brideshead Revisited …

SYDNEY, August 3: The animated series The Beeps,, produced for Five in the U.K., will be distributed internationally by Southern Star International, which will launch the show at MIPTV 2007. The Beeps concerns eight egg-shaped characters who live on an …

STUDIO CITY, August 3: The Hallmark Channel, which is currently in 74 million homes in the U.S., will celebrate its fifth anniversary on August 5. Over the last five years, the network has built upon the Hallmark brand to produce …

TORONTO, August 3: The Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, slated for April 20 to 29, 2007, in Toronto, will showcase documentary titles from Central and Eastern Europe in its National Spotlight program, and features from Brazil in its Made …

LONDON, August 3: Flextech has made its biggest-ever secondary rights acquisition, picking up Kudos Film and Television’s Life on Mars for the fall lineup on its male-targeted Bravo network. The drama, produced for the BBC, sees Sam Tyler, a driven …

LONDON, August 3: RDF is to acquire The Foundation TV Productions, producer of The Basil Brush Show, for £4 million, payable in cash and RDF shares. The deal includes a deferred consideration, up to a maximum of £6 million, dependent …

NEW YORK, August 3: MTV Networks’ gay and lesbian-targeted Logo has picked up the original reality series Jacob & Joshua: Nemesis Rising, following these identical twin brothers as they struggle to make it in the music business and come out …