World Screen

CANNES: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences unveiled 40 nominees in ten categories for the 39th International Emmy Awards, spanning a record 20 countries. The winners will be announced on November 21 at a black-tie ceremony in New …

CANNES: Exhibiting for the first time at MIPCOM, Miramax is keen to drive its international revenues to between 50 percent and 70 percent of its overall business within the next three years, the independent studio’s CEO, Mike Lang, told World …

The company may have a new a name and logo—A+E Networks replaced A&E Television Networks—but the mission remains the same: reinventing storytelling, taking history out of the history books, developing new genres and creating new networks. A+E Networks’ channels and …

CANNES/MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has sold the Scandinavian crime series The Bridge and Sebastian Bergman to BBC Four for a 2012 debut.  The Bridge, a Danish/Swedish co-production, is a ten-part investigative crime drama. The series kicks off as the body of …

CANNES: The animated series Zumbastico Fantastico from Chile’s Sólo por las Niñas Audiovisual will make its way to Cartoon Latin America.   Zumbastico Fantastico is a Sólo Por Las Niñas Audiovisual production in co-production with Televisión Nacional de Chile and with …

CANNES: Shaftesbury and its digital media division, Smokebomb Entertainment, are launching their first original mobile app series, Totally Amp’d. The series, aimed at kids 8 to 14, combines a live-action broadcast-quality comedy series with interactive activities designed to bring viewers …

CANNES: Starz Media Worldwide Distribution has scooped up the international distribution rights for the upcoming series Baby Geniuses: Baby Squad Investigators from Steven Paul’s Crystal Sky.  The 26×30-minute series, which stars Jon Voight, is based on the successful international film …

CANNES: Shine International has firmed up a deal with Discovery Networks Latin America/U.S. Hispanic (DLA/USH) for more than 200 hours of programming, including nearly 100 hours of MasterChef.  This marks Shine’s largest deal with DLA/USH to date. The package included …

MUNICH: SevenOne International has sold the hit Belgian format Benidorm Bastards to Australia’s FOXTEL for a local production under the title Off Their Rockers to launch in 2012.  FOXTEL will launch the eight-episode adaptation on The Comedy Channel early next …

TV Kids Weekly talks to a number of companies represented under the Animation from Spain banner about the latest developments in the country’s animation business. Spain has positioned itself as having one of the most prolific animation production sectors in …