World Screen

SINGAPORE: The Outdoor Channel has signed a partnership agreement with the Chinese broadcaster Fishing World Channel (FWC) for a block of daily content. In Outdoor Channel’s first-ever deal in China, FWC will air several hours of Outdoor Channel content as …

ARLINGTON: PBS Kids is to feature the original Curious George movie as part of its Curious George Holiday Spectacular broadcasting event on November 23. The three-movie spectacular kicks off with Curious George, featuring the voices of Will Ferrell, Drew Barrymore …

LOS ANGELES: Saban Brands has secured a promotion agreement for the Paul Frank brand with 7-Eleven convenience stores in Hong Kong, following the recent opening of a flagship Paul Frank store in China. The nine-week Paul Frank promotion kicked off …

CHARLOTTE: SPEED, the U.S. cable television network featuring automotive and motorcycle racing, is launching the new Leopard Films USA game show series Pumped! in November. Pumped! is produced by Leopard Films USA, part of the Argonon group, and will be …

LONDON: Classic Media is launching an international licensing program for the Where’s Wally? brand, with deals spanning across Australia, Japan and Western Europe. “This iconic search and find brand is a proven hit in publishing and gaming globally, and is …

HONG KONG: CASBAA has added to its speaker lineup NBCUniversal’s Jeff Shell, CITVC’s Liang Xiao Tao and Microsoft’s Blair Westlake. Shell is the president of NBCUniversal International. He will be speaking about his vision for pay TV. Tao, the president …

NEW YORK: Time Warner Cable is to offer its digital costumers two new films, Trespass and Margin Call, the same day as their theatrical releases, and a third, Melancholia, before it hits theaters. Trespass, starring Nicholas Cage and Nicole Kidman, …

LONDON: ITV has secured a three-year deal for the broadcast rights to UEFA Europa League football, ending Channel 5’s coverage of the competition. The deal, which runs from the 2012-13 season to 2014-15, will see ITV broadcast the first- and second-pick Europa …

Format distributors large and small are looking at creative pacts as a smart, flexible way to develop ideas that will travel. In the elusive quest for the next big global hit, format distributors are using a variety of methods to …

LONDON: BBC iPlayer usage via tablets was up 15 percent last month, with 4.6 million requests to view or listen to BBC shows in September. BBC iPlayer received 153 million requests for TV and radio programs across all platforms in September. …