World Screen

CANNES: More than 450 hours of programming from the A+E Networks catalogue have been scooped up by broadcasters worldwide, with deals on series such as Pawn Stars and Storage Wars. Pawn Stars has been sold to Seven Network (Australia), History …

SANTA MONICA/CANNES: Lionsgate Television International and ex-MGM exec Maryann Pasante have come together to form Lionsgate-TISA Television International, focused on bringing the studio’s slate of TV series and films into Latin America. Pasante, the former MGM Television International head of …

CANNES: The Wedding Band, FremantleMedia Enterprises’ foray into U.S. scripted content, has been presold to Channel 5 in the U.K. and Turner Broadcasting System Latin America ahead of its summer 2012 debut on TBS in the U.S., David Ellender, FME’s global …

CANNES: The U.S. version of Prime Suspect, which debuted last month on NBC, has been sold by ITV Studios Global Entertainment to broadcasters around the world, with the drama to launch in more than 30 territories.  Among the broadcasters on …

SYDNEY/LONDON/TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Hopscotch/Entertainment One (eOne) and Summit Entertainment have agreed to a three-year output agreement that covers Australia and New Zealand. Hopscotch/eOne is expected to release six to eight Summit films annual in the region under this new agreement. Earlier …

CANNES: FremantleMedia CEO Tony Cohen announced this morning in Cannes a doubling of the company’s investment in kids’ programming, with continued focus on branded entertainment and gaming as other key growth areas. In his opening remarks at FremantleMedia’s MIPCOM press breakfast, …

CANNES: Beta Film has scooped up a set of select territory rights for the crime drama Copper in a deal with Cineflix Studios.  The ten-hour crime series, co-commissioned with BBC America, is set in 1860s New York City. It centers …

SYDNEY: The recently greenlit animated comedy Teenage Fairytale Dropouts has been picked up for worldwide distribution by CCI Entertainment. The show, an international co-production between Anima Estudios, SLR Productions, Home Plate Entertainment and Telegael, tells the story of three best …

CANNES: Content Television has signed up Australia’s Movie Network Channels for the Orange British Academy Film Awards and the BAFTA Los Angeles Britannia Awards.  Movie Network Channels will air both awards ceremonies on its Starpics Channel. The Orange British Academy …

CANNES: Endemol Worldwide Distribution has secured a slew of international sales for the U.S. sitcoms Happily Divorced and The Exes, both produced for TV Land.  Both shows are headed to SBS in the Netherlands, SABC in South Africa, Shaw TV in …