World Screen

PARIS: The European adult entertainment company Marc Dorcel is launching an HD version of its Dorcel TV channel on October 27. Dorcel TV HD will target European platforms such as cable, satellite, IPTV and hotels. The channel, which launched in …

SILVER SPRING: This November, the Science channel is to feature the world premiere of the eight-part series Prophets of Science Fiction, hosted by Ridley Scott. In Prophets of Science Fiction, Scott explores the relationship between the genre and the evolving …

MIAMI: Telemundo Internacional’s telenovela Somebody’s Watching has premiered in Indonesia on channel Vision 2. Telemundo’s adaptation is based on the original story by TVN Chile and written by Pablo Illanes, creator of the international hit novela Missing. Somebody’s Watching was …

SÃO PAULO: Band TV and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have signed a three-year co-production agreement for three prime-time sitcoms, the first of which will be a local version of The Nanny. The co-productions will be produced by SPT’s Floresta. The Nanny …

BUCHAREST: Paprika Latino has set up a new division, Paprika Latino Content House, focused on introducing format concepts and ready-made programming in Central and Eastern Europe. Barbara Hamori, who previously worked at MTG’s Viasat Broadcasting and the Deutsche Telekom-owned Hungarian …

SILVER SPRING: In continuing the global rollout of TLC, Discovery Networks International has scored new launches for the channel in Africa, Denmark, Finland, Latin America and Portugal, with the network to reach more than 100 million households as of November …

MUMBAI: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has signed a deal with the broadcasting arm of UTV to bring blockbuster films like The Lord of the Rings and The Dark Knight to UTV Action and UTV Action Telugu. The new multi-year exclusive deal brings …

LONDON/DUBAI: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has set up shop in the Middle East, opening a local sales office based in Dubai, with Ziad Yaghi leading the hub as executive director of sales. The new post will be responsible for licensing …

TORONTO: Astral Media and NBCUniversal Television Canada have struck a multi-year deal that will see more than 600 Universal titles available to subscribers of The Movie Network, Mpix and Super Ecran. A host of Universal titles, including exclusive first-window films …

LONDON: For the first time, 12- to 15-year-olds in the U.K. reported they would miss their mobiles and the Internet more than television, finds new Ofcom research. Of the respondents ages 12 to 15, 28 percent said they would miss …