World Screen

ST. JOHN’S: Best Boy Entertainment has set up its first office outside of Canada, with a new base to open in London, led by Mike Prince. The British broadcast veteran has a career that spans more than 40 years. Prince worked …

PARIS: Banijay International’s entertainment format My Parents Are Gonna Love You has sold to Muz-TV in Russia, for 20 episodes of the hidden-camera show to be produced by WeiT Media. The show watches as singles get back at their picky …

SINGAPORE: The Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has announced an overhaul of its funding mechanisms, streamlining the number of grants from 46 to 5—for development, production, marketing, talent and enterprises—across broadcast, film, animation, publishing, interactive media, games and music. …

LONDON: Electric Sky has picked up the rights for The Ronnie Wood Show from the British production outfit Somethin’ Else. The series, made for Sky Arts, features the making of Wood’s award-winning radio show, which currently runs on Absolute Radio …

LOS ANGELES: Prospect Park has named its new Internet-based TV service The Online Network (TOLN), with the continued productions of All My Children and One Life to Live to be featured as part of the launch slate. TOLN is expected to …

CANNES: The Spanish delegation at MIP Junior and MIPCOM will feature 30 companies exhibiting under the Audiovisual from Spain banner, also with umbrella stands for Basque Audiovisual and Catalan Films & TV and independent stands for Imagina International Sales and Radio …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises has opened its first office in the Middle East, setting up a base in Dubai to be led by Anahita Kheder. As VP for the Middle East, Kheder will report to Mark Newton, the executive VP of …

TORONTO: Citytv has unveiled production details for the fifth and final season of the original one-hour drama Murdoch Mysteries, based on Canadian author Maureen Jennings’s popular Detective Murdoch novels. Principal photography kicked off this summer, continuing until early November. The …

CANNES: More than 1,000 participants are expected at MIP Junior this weekend, which will feature sessions with buyers and commissioners, licensing agents and book publishers, plus a keynote address by Sam Register, the executive VP of creative affairs at Warner …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises’ new short-film service contunico will launch Moments of History, a package of 100 films under five minutes in length featuring events that shaped the 20th century, at MIPCOM. Moments of History presents 100 short films, ranging from …