World Screen

BUDAPEST: Chello Central Europe’s children’s channel Minimax has launched on Telekom Slovenije in Slovenia. Minimax is currently available in 11 territories and six languages. The channel is be fully dubbed and aimed at 2- to 14-year-olds. “We are committed to …

PARIS: Moonscoop is developing a new social online game for Code Lyoko that is set to debut in spring 2012, in partnership with French video game producer 3DDUO. The game will be launched as a Facebook application with plans to …

BURBANK: ABC Family has begun production in Los Angeles on a pilot for Intercept, a one-hour drama. Intercept stars Danielle Panabaker (Shark), Austin Butler (Switched at Birth), Chloe Wang (The Nightlife) and Nolan Gerard Funk (Aliens in America). The one-hour …

MUNICH: SevenOne International has picked up the rights for the Dutch sketch comedy series Bonkers, which is set to premiere on SBS6 in 2012. Bonkers offers 30 short sketches based on classic and newly invented jokes. Also featured is a …

MUMBAI: Through a partnership between Lucha Libre USA and Reliance Broadcast Network, season one of Masked Warriors will air in India on the English-language entertainment channel BIG CBS Prime and the regional entertainment channel BIG Magic. BIG Magic, which launched …

LOS ANGELES: Showtime has ordered seventh and eighth seasons of its hit crime drama series Dexter, starring Michael C. Hall. Production will begin on season seven in 2012 in Los Angeles, with both seasons to be comprised of 12 episodes. …

NEW YORK: Marion Edwards, the president of international television at Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, talks to World Screen Newsflash about how she is mining Fox’s deep catalogue of dramas and comedies for concepts that can be adapted across the …

NEW YORK: Ted Forstmann, the chairman and CEO of IMG Worldwide, has passed away at the age of 71 after losing his battle against brain cancer. Forstmann had been the chairman and CEO of IMG since acquiring the company in 2004. …

WASHINGTON/LONDON: Nat Geo Wild is on board to co-produce two new HD documentaries, including Croc Labyrinth, along with pre-buying the films Leopards of Dead Tree Island and A Dog’s Life. Nat Geo Wild will co-produce with Earth Touch USA the documentaries …

STOCKHOLM: Sparks Network has licensed the OTW format Everyday Heroes to Hunan TV in China, while the scripted drama Ezel from Ay Yapim is headed to Vietnam for national broadcaster VTV and its Canal+ joint-venture channel K+. Everyday Heroes, which …