World Screen

LONDON: CBBC has commissioned Zodiak Kids’ production company The Foundation Scotland to produce Ultimate Sports Day, a new children’s sports series to air in 2012. The 11-episode half-hour series hosted by Ore Oduba (BBC Sport presenter, CBBC’s Newsround) features four …

LONDON: CBeebies has ordered 52 11-minute episodes of the new 3D CGI animated preschool series Dinopaws from Impossible Kids, the children’s division of Impossible Pictures and Kindle Entertainment. Dinopaws features three young dinosaurs on a mighty mission to discover something …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Networks International (DNI) has commissioned Nutopia to produce the new documentary series How We Invented the World. How We Invented the World will be adapted and customized for each of Discovery’s key territories, with audiences able to …

LONDON: The HISTORY channel has secured further distribution in Hungary through an agreement with Antenna Hungária. The deal makes HISTORY available to subscribers on Antenna Hungária’s DTT MinDig TV Extra service. A+E Networks UK currently offers HISTORY and HISTORY HD …

LONDON: ITV has commissioned The Exit List, a new game-show format in which contestants can win up to £200,000. Hosted by Matt Allwright, the program features a pair of contestants in a 24-room maze with every room containing cash, and …

LONDON: Canada’s CBC has secured a multi-year deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment for digital catch-up rights for the British series Coronation Street. Coronation Street catch-ups will be available on iTunes and CBC’s online VOD catch-up service. Coronation Street, which …

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp and TBS Television are co-producing the TV drama special Mooncake, scheduled for broadcast on Channel U at the end of December. The single-episode one-hour drama Mooncake will be filmed in Singapore and features a love story between a …

LOS ANGELES: OWN: the Oprah Winfrey Network is to air two new documentary specials on November 27 on the topic of transgender people: Being Chaz, which chronicles Chaz Bono’s transformation, and I Am Jazz: A Family in Transition, following a …

NEW YORK: Oxygen Media has made Joel K. Savitt the VP of production and operations. Savitt will oversee all elements of production operations for Oxygen’s current programming and development, including budgeting, scheduling, post-production management, legal, travel and other logistical issues. …

LONDON: Target Entertainment founder Alison Rayson has stepped down from her position as CEO, with Emmanuelle Namiech appointed to the managing director position. Rayson, who had been with the company for 13 years, decided to leave to explore new ventures, …