World Screen

LOS ANGELES: MGM has made former senior executive VP of finance Steve Hendry the senior executive VP of television operations. Hendry, who has been part of MGM’s finance division for more than 13 years, will oversee the fiscal operations and …

TORONTO: PBS KIDS GO! and TVOntario have commissioned a second season of the kids’ series Wild Kratts from the Kratt Brothers Company and 9 Story Entertainment. The new season of the animated series will be comprised of 26 22-minute episodes. …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats is bringing a slate of new releases to MIPCOM, including the reality format 24/7 Love Lab. 24/7 Love Lab features one bachelor, his three best friends and 14 single women living in a luxurious mansion while …

BOSTON: APT Worldwide has secured the international rights to the 80-minute documentary Circus Dreams, produced by Signe Taylor. Circus Dreams features a group of 12-to-18-year-olds who came from around the world to be coached by professionals from Cirque du Soleil …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises has widened its factual catalogue with Alaska State Troopers, as well as Repossessed and Hard Time. The five-episode 50-minute series Alaska State Troopers, produced for the National Geographic Channel, features the Alaska police force protecting wilderness and …

LOS ANGELES: Lawless Entertainment is to serve as co-production consultant on the Michael Scott TV series Gyrl. Gyrl is the story of a singer who gains a cult following on social media and broke through on the indie charts. The is …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has extended its exclusive live broadcasting rights to the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League football in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania for an additional three years. The rights include coverage of free TV, pay TV, mobile …

The French media conglomerate Lagardère has solidified its hold on France’s kids’ content sector with its pay-TV channels Canal J and TiJi and the DTT offering Gulli. Prolific supporters of locally developed fare, the three networks are also major buyers …

LONDON: DRG has secured deals across 100 territories for three of its prime-time factual-entertainment series, Cherry Goes…, Heston’s Mission Impossible and Jo Frost Extreme Parental Guidance. BBC Three’s Cherry Goes… is headed to Discovery Home & Health in Latin America, …

TORONTO: Hollywood Suite, an outfit formed by former CHUM president and CEO Jay Switzer, among other industry vets, that is set to launch four new HD channels across Canada this November, including services from both Warner Bros. and MGM, has brought …