World Screen

MONTREAL: Radio-Canada has secured broadcast deals for its series, specials and documentaries around the world, including Behind the Miracle and Rwanda: A Horror Without End, among others.   Sales include the tenth episode of the series La Grande Soif (Blue …

LONDON: Following a deal with BBC Worldwide Australia, the Nine Network is set to air Parade’s End, a co-production between BBC, HBO, Lookout Point and Mammoth Screen, in 2013. The five-part one-hour series stars Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock), Rebecca Hall (Vicky …

CANNES, October 5: Nickelodeon Latin America has signed a development agreement with SOMOS Productions for a new teen telenovela to be unveiled at NATPE 2012.   The series will be comprised of 75 one-hour episodes and will feature international talent …

CANNES: Fox International Channels (FIC) and Tvigle Media have made a deal to bring the second season of The Walking Dead to Russian Internet viewers following the local premiere on Fox Crime on October 17.   The second season of …

CANNES: The first project to come out of the recently announced partnership between FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) and Animation Collective is Black Dawn, a live-action and animated series. Black Dawn, created by Animation Collective CEO Larry Schwarz, is a science fiction action-adventure …

LONDON: The new preschool series Mouk is headed to Disney Junior channels across EMEA this fall.   The Walt Disney Company EMEA has inked a multi-territory deal for the show with Millimages. The agreement covers rights for the U.K., France, …

PARIS: Banijay International has sold its format Date My Car to QIYI, China’s first online TV portal, which is to produce 20 half-hour episodes of the show for a sponsorship partner.   This is the second adaptation deal for Date …

MUNICH: Netflix has taken the exclusive streaming rights for Lilyhammer, a new series distributed by SevenOne International that star Stevie Van Zandt tells World Screen Newsflash is a natural fit for U.S. audiences even though it originates from Norway. Van …

CANNES: Comedienne Margaret Cho is in Cannes with Beyond Distribution this week to promote her new stand-up special Cho Dependent. The 83-minute special was filmed in Atlanta and sees the Asian-American comedienne opening up about variety of topics. "It’s my …

MUNICH: The yourfamily pay-TV channel from Your Family Entertainment (YFE) has been added to Deutsche Telekom’s IPTV platform entertain. yourfamily will be part of the pay-TV packages Kinder and BIG TV. The channel has been available on Deutsche Telekom’s VOD …