World Screen

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has been named worldwide distributor of Saving Hope, and is to serve as the studio for the new one-hour drama series. eOne will handle the worldwide television distribution of the series in all media, including …

SYDNEY: Top of the Lake is a new drama directed by Oscar-winner Jane Campion and co-produced by BBC Two, UKTV in Australia and New Zealand and Sundance Channel in the U.S., with Mad Men’s Elisabeth Moss signed on for a …

NEW YORK: Spike TV’s 2011 Video Game Awards (VGA) are being executive produced by Mark Burnett, the producer of Survivor, The Voice and The Apprentice, among other productions. The VGAs, which will premiere live on December 10, recognize the best …

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp has received more than 500 proposals since the June launch of its $5 million Content Innovation Fund, which is to provide funding for the development of six projects recently selected. Thirty percent of the project proposals, which may …

SINGAPORE: StarHub has inked new VOD licensing agreements with Twentieth Century Fox, NBCUniversal and Walt Disney Studios, and has renewed its agreement with Sony Pictures Television for StarHub’s On Demand service. Library movies from Twentieth Century Fox, NBCUniversal and Walt …

CENTURY CITY: Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products has partnered with SimEx-Iwerks for the Ice Age franchise’s new attraction, Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs: The 4-D Experience, set to debut in March at Merlin Entertainment’s two theme-park resorts. Ice Age …

NEW YORK: The stars of the new AMC original series Hell on Wheels, Anson Mount, Colm Meaney and Dominique McElligott, sat down with World Screen to talk about their characters and the show, which premieres this Sunday in the U.S. …

LONDON: ITV has locked in a third season of the hit period drama Downton Abbey, with the new installment of the Julian Fellowes drama to launch in fall 2012. The final episode of the second season is to air this Sunday …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has teamed up with Volkswagen of America for a web series based on the hit comedy Parks and Recreation, with the five-episode, online-only plot line to feature the characters embarking on a road trip. The November 3 …

BURBANK: ABC has picked up full seasons of the fairytale drama Once Upon a Time and the comedies Last Man Standing, starring Tim Allen, and Happy Endings. Produced by ABC Studios, Once Upon a Time is from Edward Kitsis and …