World Screen

TEL AVIV: The Armoza Formats game show The Common Denominator is to premiere on Star TV in Turkey tonight. Star TV has ordered 13 45-minute episodes for a bi-weekly broadcast of The Common Denominator, known as Bul Bakalim in the …

LOS ANGELES: MarVista Entertainment has secured a range of additional broadcasters across Latin America for Saban Brands’ new Power Rangers Samurai series. MarVista Entertainment is the exclusive international television distributor of the new Power Rangers Samurai, as well as the …

TORONTO: In anticipation of the premiere of the animated series Crash Canyon on TELETOON, Breakthrough Entertainment has launched the online game Crash Canyon Quest. Crash Canyon Quest has both English and French versions where players can create a character in …

LONDON/MIAMI: Fred Medina has been appointed the executive VP for Latin America at BBC Worldwide, with the newly created role beginning September 12. Medina, who will be based in Miami, will be responsible for BBC Worldwide’s strategic development in Latin …

“I write, I travel, I eat and I’m hungry for more.” So states Anthony Bourdain in the opening of his Emmy Award-winning food-and-travel show No Reservations, which has been airing on Travel Channel since 2005 and is distributed internationally by …

TORONTO: The first five seasons of the comedy 30 Rock are to be stripped five nights a week on OMNI Television, marking a first for Canadian TV. Starting September 19 at 10 p.m. on OMNI 1, 30 Rock will be …

LONDON/WASHINGTON: Jane Root’s Nutopia has been tapped to produce a new documentary about the killing of Osama bin Laden for HISTORY in the U.S. and Channel 4 in the U.K., with BBC Worldwide already scoring presales for the project. The doc …

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp is set to host the 20th-anniversary conference for the Public Broadcasters International (PBI) 2011, taking place in Singapore from October 26 to 29. PBI 2011 will focus in funding issues, strategies to navigate the digital age, the impact of …

ISTANBUL: The Walt Disney Company Turkey is preparing a local production of Desperate Housewives, which will be broadcast on the free-to-air channel Kanal D later this year under the title Umutsuz Ev Kadinlari. The Turkish series will be co-produced by …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group’s (MTG) Viaplay pay-TV service is now available on all 2011 Samsung Smart TVs and 2010 Internet@TV sets across the Nordic region. The pan-Nordic multi-screen on-demand service brings Viasat Broadcasting’s pay-TV content to Internet-connected devices across the …