World Screen

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has aligned with Viasat Broadcasting for a distribution financing co-venture for The Firm.  The deal, which marks Viasat’s foray into the distribution financing arena, covers the TV broadcasting rights in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Eastonia, …

CANNES: Sundance Channel Global has secured carriage on Astro in Malaysia, building on its existing presence in Taiwan, Korea, Singapore, Canada and countries in Europe. The channel, which was established by Robert Redford, airs docs, independent films and original programs. …

CANNES: Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution has signed format deals in Russia on It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Bones, Tru Calling and Malcolm in the Middle. Russia’s TNT went for It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, with local casting currently under …

MONTREAL: From Télévision de Radio-Canada comes On Zénon’s Farm, a new original preschool series featuring animals and plush puppets. The series introduces viewers to a group of friends who live out in the country. The show features the escapades of …

CANNES: World Screen Newsflash sat down with three of the stars of AMC’s new period drama Hell on Wheels—being offered up to the international market by Endemol Worldwide Distribution and Entertainment One Television—to talk about the series’ depiction of the …

CANNES: In addition to driving sales on two new buzz-generating dramas at MIPCOM this week, Entertainment One Television will be looking to further expand its roster of co-production partners, its CEO, John Morayniss, told World Screen Newsflash in Cannes today. …

CANNES: The new television adaptation of John Grisham’s The Firm will be much more than a standard legal drama, its executive producer, Lukas Reiter, tells World Screen Newsflash: "You get that action component but you also get a family drama …

SAN DIEGO: The U.S. luxury lifestyle and entertainment network WealthTV has added the crime series Intelligence to its lineup, debuting the two-hour pilot on October 4.  The series stars Ian Tracey as the head of a West Coast crime family. …

CANNES: Edebé Audiovisual Licensing has signed up the German broadcaster ZDF and the Canadian studio Yowza Animation as co-production partners on its series Four and a Half Friends.  Aimed at kids 6 to 10, the 26×26-minute property tells of the adventures …

CANNES: The children taking part in MIP Junior’s Kids’ Jury selected programs from Cyber Group Studios, Fantawild Animation and 1440 Productions in three separate age categories. The French outfit Cyber Group won in the preschool category, with children ages 3 …