World Screen

LONDON: Alibi, the crime drama channel from UKTV, has signed on for the exclusive pay-TV rights to season four of the ABC Studios series Castle. The series will be part of Alibi’s Q1 schedule in 2012 following the success of …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES/LONDON: Benedict Carver has been made the senior VP of filmed entertainment at Entertainment One (eOne). Carver will report to Noreen Halpern, the president of dramatic programming at Entertainment One Television, and Lara Thompson the senior VP of worldwide …

LONDON: Eden has acquired new natural-history content for its 2012 lineup, including Earth Touch, The Land That Time Forgot and Yunnan Island with Nigel Marven. Eden picked up Australia: The Time Traveller’s Guide, the story of Australia, the oldest stable …

LONDON: Cineflix Media has launched Cineflix Rights, formerly Cineflix International, signaling the company’s plans to expand its IP exploitation beyond distribution and into areas such as digital content and ancillary revenue. Cineflix Rights has some 2,500 hours in its slate. The …

While some prime-time dramas barely make it past two episodes, the daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful has been on the air for more than two decades. It premiered in March of 1987, created by soap-opera legends William Bell …

LONDON: The U.K.’s Universal Channel has picked up two hit U.S. dramas, Harry’s Law and Law & Order: Los Angeles. Harry’s Law is from David E. Kelley, the writer of Boston Legal and Ally McBeal. The show launched in the …

TORONTO: Rogers Media will no longer pursue a bid for the Canadian broadcast rights for the 2014 and 2016 Olympic Games as part of Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium. Rogers is currently a 20-percent shareholder within the Consortium; the remaining …

NEW YORK: A+E Networks and Scripps Networks are the newest members of the Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement, which seeks to identify new ways of effectively measuring audiences across multiple platforms. There are now 24 active members, including CBS Corporation, Comcast …

LONDON: Turner Broadcasting System Europe has acquired Latibaer, the Icelandic company that owns and operates the LazyTown brand. Turner has committed to producing a new season of the show, which has airs in more than 100 countries. Magnus Scheving, LazyTown …

SANTA MONICA: Miramax is opening its first international post, with offices in London, promoting Joe Patrick to lead worldwide sales and hiring Danny Goldman, former CEO of Power Television, as the senior VP and head of sales for Europe. Patrick, who’s been …