World Screen

JERSEY CITY, June 27: New Jersey-based Monarch Films has inked a series of deals on its new reality show, I Dream of Jodie: The Private Life of Jodie Moore. The 13×22-minute reality series has been acquired by Fox Latin America, …

BOSTON, June 27: APT Worldwide has inked DVD, broadcast, VOD and videogram deals for the WTTW National Productions, series CEO Exchange in Japan, Korea and Hong Kong. The series offers insight into the lives of some of the world’s most …

NASHVILLE, June 27: Amity Entertainment, the worldwide merchandising and licensing rights-holder of The Big Comfy Couch, has granted Genius Products the U.S. DVD and audio distribution rights to 100 episodes of the preschool program. The agreement includes the current season …

LONDON, June 27: Author J.K. Rowling revealed that at least two characters will die in the seventh and final book of her Harry Potter series. “The final chapter is hidden away, although it's now changed very slightly,” Rowling told Britain’s …

DUBAI/LONDON, June 27: Digital rights content aggregator Media Gateway has reached a deal with BBC Motion Gallery to bring the best content from the public broadcaster’s last 60 years to mobile phone users in Europe and the Middle East. The …

LONDON/NEW YORK, June 27: Breakthrough Interactive Group (BIG) has chosen the IPTV outfit Narrowstep’s telvOS technology to power its martial arts-themed broadband TV portal, MAC Experience. Launching July 7, the multiple-channel broadband site is aimed at the some 120 million …

NORTH SYDNEY, June 27: Nickelodeon Spain has acquired The Sleepover Club from Southern Star International. The live-action series, based on Rose Impey’s popular books, revolves around the lives of five teenage girls who form their own secret society. The television …

LONDON, June 27: The U.K. distribution company, Fireworks International, has closed a series of sales from its expanding catalogue of children’s programming. Black Hole High is based on the strange events occurring in Black Holsey High, and all four seasons …

LONDON, June 27: Speculation in London’s City has it that ITV chief executive Charles Allen may be ousted by ITV’s shareholders if the broadcaster doesn’t improve its financial performance. Audience shares and advertising revenues at the U.K.’s leading commercial broadcaster …

NEW DELHI, June 27: India’s government is proposing legislation that would regulate the country’s broadcast industry. The bill is aimed at Indian media companies, but places restrictions on local programming that would impact foreign channels as well, such as News …