World Screen

WASHINGTON D.C.: The former U.S. secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld has agreed to be interviewed on Al Jazeera’s English-language channel for the first time, setting aside his long-standing feud with the broadcaster. Rumsfeld is to appear on tonight’s edition of …

NEW YORK: More than a third of U.S. consumers ages 13 to 54 say they use Netflix for streaming and/or rentals at least once a month, according to research from Knowledge Networks. The report, How People Use Over-the-Top TV—a phenomenon …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has sold the natural history series Frozen Planet, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, to 12 broadcasters internationally. The series is produced by Alastair Fothergill at the BBC’s Natural History unit. It has been picked up by Australia’s …

BOSTON: APT Worldwide has secured the international representation rights to The Pit, an hour-long documentary featuring high-stakes commodities traders on the floor of the New York Board of Trade. The Pit provides a look at the traders who set the …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment is launching Greatest Naval Battles, a follow-up to the documentary series Greatest Tank Battles. Greatest Naval Battles is comprised of ten one-hour episodes that cover 3,000 years of war at sea, featuring important naval battles that changed …

LONDON: Classic Media is overseeing the worldwide distribution for a range of hoops&yoyo entertainment offerings, including the Christmas special hoops&yoyo Ruin Christmas, which will be available to buyers at MIPCOM. The special was produced by Hallmark and will premiere on …

ISTANBUL: Global Agency is launching its new style format Décor Monsters, a spin-off of the makeover show Shopping Monsters, at MIPCOM. In Décor Monsters, five women are given a limited budget and just five hours to completely revamp an area …

MIAMI: Nickelodeon Latin America’s telenovela Grachi, distributed by Comarex, has premiered on the Italian children’s network RAI GULP. Grachi will run on RAI GULP, a division of the public service broadcaster RAI Television Network in Italy, Monday through Friday. The …

LOS ANGELES: Rive Gauche Television has sold the reality series My Strange Addiction into more than 100 countries. The series has been sold to channels including La Sexta in Spain; TV 4 in Sweden; TV2 in Norway; TV5 in Finland; …

HONG KONG: Mark Young has been made the VP of distribution for Australia and New Zealand at Sony Pictures Television (SPT). Young will report to Angel Orengo, the senior VP of distribution of Asia-Pacific at SPT. Young will be responsible …