World Screen

PARIS: MIP Junior has teamed up with the London Book Fair to launch the Books-to-TV Exchange, taking place October 2, which brings together representatives from children’s book and e-publishers with producers. The initiative is intended to foster the discovery of new …

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the winners for its news and current affairs categories, with Brazil’s TV Globo and NHK of Japan scoring first-time wins. TV Globo’s Jornal Nacional: War on Drugs won …

PREMIUM: The creators of Phineas and Ferb offer World Screen Newsflash a glimpse behind the scenes of the hit animated series and talk about the reasons for its success. When Phineas and Ferb premiered on Disney Channel, in August of …

PREMIUM: Alberto Pecegueiro, the CEO of Globosat, Brazil’s leading pay-TV programmer, tells World Screen Newsflash that the booming Brazilian economy, growing middle class and must-have programming are fueling Globosat’s success and Netflix is not a threat to the pay-TV industry. …

World Screen, in partnership with MIPCOM, will present the inaugural Content Trendsetter Award—honoring the achievements of some of the world’s top programming buyers—at the end of the Acquisition Super Panel: What do Buyers Want? session at MIPCOM. The event takes …

NEW YORK: Avi Armoza, the CEO of Armoza Formats, discusses how the boutique outfit’s emphasis on innovation with its multiplatform “Armoza 3.0” formats has contributed to its success.   The fall and mid-season schedules of two major U.S. broadcasters feature …

TORONTO: The Shaftesbury documentary projects Who’s Sorry Now? and Why Men Cheat have been picked up by Canada’s CBC and will be on offer for buyers at MIPCOM. Both documentaries, written and directed by Gemini award-winning director Marc de Guerre …

ENCINO: Solid Entertainment has inked deals for its new automotive reality series Rally On! and the extreme sports series Catchin’ Air with Television New Zealand and Globosat in Brazil. Rally On! features the action-packed Gumball 3000 Super Car Rally from …

LONDON: Passion Distribution is set to launch a range of new Scripps Networks’ programming at MIPCOM, including Design Wars and Bobby Flay’s Barbeque Addiction. Also available to buyers in Cannes is Dina’s Party, a reality series featuring Dina Manzo from …

MIAMI: Venevision International’s new teen series NPS (No Puede Ser!) is now on air in Italy on the Frisbee channel. The series, about two teens who both decide to participate in a reality show and compete to win an important …