World Screen

SANTA MONICA: ITV2 has commissioned Kinetic Content, in collaboration with Scotland-based STV Productions, GroupM Entertainment and The Collective, to produce Perez Hilton Super Fan, a new celebrity-focused series with Perez Hilton. Perez Hilton Super Fan features the celebrity blogger and …

BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has secured sales in Latin America and Iberia for the animated series The Smurfs from distributor IMPS, including a deal with Cartoon Network in Spain. Cartoon Network picked up 104 episodes of The Smurfs, comprised of 256 …

NEW YORK: Film Annex is to promote and distribute content from Metan Development Group via its online platform. Film Annex is currently the online distributor of Metan’s flagship series Hello! Hollywood, a Chinese entertainment news program that gives viewers around …

BURBANK: Disney Channel has ordered a fourth season of the Emmy Award-winning kids’ series Phineas and Ferb, with new episodes rolling out through 2014. The Disney Television Animation production is created and executive-produced by Dan Povenmire and Jeff "Swampy" Marsh. …

LONDON: Production company Darlow Smithson has been commissioned by Channel 4 in the U.K. to produce the one-hour documentary Vulcan Bomber: Mission Impossible (working title). Vulcan Bomber: Mission Impossible is set to air this fall. Julian Ware, the creative director …

NEW YORK: Fourth-quarter revenues at Viacom were up 22 percent to $4 billion, while profit gained 33 percent to $614 million. Media Networks contributed $2.29 billion in revenues, up 8 percent. Worldwide and domestic advertising were up 7 percent in …

NEW YORK: Tom Zappala, who previously served as the executive VP of acquisitions and scheduling at Disney/ABC Cable Networks Group, has been hired by Spike TV as its executive VP of programming. Zappala will oversee the scheduling and media planning for …

HONG KONG: The CASBAA Convention, which wrapped last week, shined a light on the rapidly changing business models and technological shifts taking place in the TV landscape across the Asia Pacific. “The new models provide huge opportunity,” said Simon Twiston …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting is bringing its Viaplay online pay-TV service to iPad, iPhone and iPod touch users in Denmark, Norway and Sweden, available from the App Store. Subscribers to Viaplay’s online TV packages (TV, TV+Film or TV+Film+Sport) can use the new …

SINGAPORE: Rediffusion’s subscription radio station RediGold, dedicated to providing infotainment to seniors, is joining the pay-TV platform StarHub in Singapore. RediGold is a knowledge-based cultural radio station. Broadcasting 18 hours per day, the station is dedicated to bringing the senior …