World Screen

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises is bringing a full catalogue to MIPCOM, as well as introducing the new premium short-film service contunico. ZDFE will debut the new kids’ series Lightning Point, from producer Jonathan M. Shiff. The series is about two alien …

MUNICH: The SevenOne International game show Beat Your Host is set to premiere on the Serbian station Prva and Bulgaria’s Nova TV. In Serbia, the game show will be known as Izadu Na Crtu and will be hosted by popular …

LONDON: Passion Distribution has secured distribution for a slate of new UKTV shows, including Dynamo: Magician Impossible, to be launched at MIPCOM. New series featured include Dynamo: Magician Impossible, who performs his matrix style levitation in the series. He will …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has picked up two new TV movies that originally premiered in the U.S. on the Hallmark Channel, National Tree and Fairfield Road. The new Hallmark original movies include National Tree, about a father and his son …

LOS ANGELES: Gina Brogi has been promoted to executive VP of worldwide pay television and subscription video on demand for Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution. Brogi began at Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution in 1999 and served most recently as …

TORONTO: Production has begun on the second season of the preschool series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!, which has also been commissioned for a one-hour Christmas special. Broadcasters PBS KIDS in the U.S. and Treehouse …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has licensed the Canadian comedy-drama series Less Than Kind to the DirectTV specialty channel Audience Network in the U.S. to debut this fall. Less Than Kind is produced by Breakthrough Entertainment in association with Buffalo Gal …

LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International has made a number of sales to broadcasters in Japan, on titles such as George Gently, Midsomer Murders and Animal Madhouse. AXN Mystery picked up the latest episodes of George Gently as well as renewing Midsomer Murders …

LONDON: Life’s Too Short, the new comedy from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, has been added to Mentorn International’s catalogue, which also includes Crash Course and Full Throttle Saloon. Mentorn picked up the new comedy from the BBC and United …

LOS ANGELES: FOX International Channels (FIC) and FOX Sports Media Group have aligned for the new sports division FIC Sports, to be led by Peter Hutton out of London. FIC Sports will handle the syndication of FOX Sports content worldwide. …