World Screen

LONDON: Discovery Networks Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA) is to unveil a new on-air look for Discovery Channel in 105 countries beginning August 29. The change follows the channel’s new brand identity, “Life Unlimited.” The new …

SYDNEY: This vs. That, produced by Hotchkiss Industries, is to be offered internationally by Beyond Distribution at MIPCOM. The series will test scientific theories through experiments and demonstrations by experts to answer questions. Guest stars will include Marc DeCarlo (Taste …

TORONTO, August 25: Jordan Schwartz has been made the VP of lifestyle and entertainment production at Rogers Media Television. Schwartz will report to Jamie Haggarty, the executive VP of television operations. He will enhance Citytv’s Breakfast Television program in five …

LONDON: GroupM Entertainment and Dragonfly are co-producing the international competitive format World’s Toughest Truckers for Channel 5. Eight truckers from around the world will compete in extreme trucking challenges in locations such as Australia, Canada and India. The 8×1-hour series …

LONDON: Zodiak Active, part of the Zodiak Media Group, has been tapped to create a Facebook audience engagement app to accompany the Swedish singing competition True Talent on TV3. The show sees aspiring singers compete against each other as they …

BOGOTA/MIAMI: Caracol TV has signed a deal with Korea’s Arirang TV to collaborate on news, sports news and general-interest programming. The deal sees both networks sharing technical and human support to make local productions. They will exchange cultural, artistic, scientific, …

LONDON: Dave is revitalizing the debate format Argumental, with Sean Lock replacing John Sergeant as the host, and dual-screen interactivity as part of the fourth season. Lock (8 out of 10 Cats, QI) will host, while Robert Webb (Peep Show, …

TORONTO/LONDON/NEW YORK: Nickelodeon Consumer Products Canada is to exclusively represent the Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) portfolio for licensing and merchandising in the region, starting this October. The Toronto-based office will take over responsibility for brands such as Nickelodeon, MTV …

TORONTO: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) has made an investment of C$3.4 Million in 16 projects through its 2011-12 English Point-of-View (POV) Program, designed to encourage documentary production. The CMF received 49 applications for the English POV Program and approved 16 …

LONDON: Chellomedia has acquired a 40-percent stake in OBN, the leading free-to-air broadcaster in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Chellomedia’s operations in Central Europe current has a portfolio of 13 channels, as well as an ad sales business (At Media). OBN, headquartered …