World Screen

CANNES: The four original documentaries jointly commissioned and funded by MediaCorp and NHK from The Asian Pitch in 2010 are now available for international sales at MIPCOM.  From India, Angels of Troubled Paradise follows the life of a young Kashmiri …

CANNES: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has won multiple commissions for its reality entertainment format May the Best House Win, with sales into Canada and Europe.  Canada’s Shaw Television is on board for 13 episodes, to be produced by Proper Television. …

LONDON, October 4: The CBeebies preschool series Driver Dan’s Story Train, produced by 3Line Media in association with Blink Studios and twofour54 Abu Dhabi, heads into its second season of 50 new episodes on November 7. The series premiered in …

CANNES: Gina Matthews and Grant Scharbo are intent on making "television for the world" with their new ABC Studios drama Missing, which Disney Media Distribution has licensed into more than 80 territories. The show had its world premiere screening at MIPCOM …

LONDON: Former Endemol Asia sales and licensing manager Nuno I is to lead Electric Sky’s new operation in Hong Kong.  Nuno was with Endemol for a number of years, responsible for markets such as Korea, Japan, China and Singapore. Nuno later …

CANNES, October 4: Cineflix Studios has secured a number of Scandinavian deals for Copper, as well as landed a slot for the show, a new crime drama produced in partnership with BBC America, with Shaw Media in Canada. Shaw Media …

CANNES: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and Steps International unveiled at MIPCOM plans for a global media event in November 2012 focused on why a billion people around the world are still living in poverty. Forty pubcasters from across the …

CANNES: Armoza Formats has firmed up a multi-territory deal for 24/7 Love Lab with Viasat, for channels in Sweden, Norway and Denmark.  This is the first deal on 24/7 Love Lab, a relationship reality format. The series aired on Israel’s Channel 10, …

CANNES: Scripps Networks International has inked a deal to take Food Network Asia to Indonesia and has closed a new carriage agreement for the European feed in Portugal. This month, the channel is slated to roll out in HD on …

October 26 to 29, Singapore Amid rapid new-media developments and continued audience fragmentation, public broadcasters from around the world will convene in Singapore next month for the 20th anniversary of the Public Broadcasters International (PBI) conference. Slated for October 26 …