World Screen

NEW YORK: The BBC preschool series 3rd & Bird is to make its U.S. broadcast premiere on Disney Junior on September 26. Disney Junior will air 25 20-minute episodes of the photo-puppetry animated series. The episodes feature music about the …

MEXICO CITY: Telemundo Puerto Rico is set to broadcast the Azteca telenovela Emperatriz, starting today. The 120×1-hour series will air daily on the free-TV network. The novela stars Gabriela Spanic, Bernie Paz, Omar Fierro and Adriana Louvier. It is about …

NEW YORK: NBC is set to air the Darlow Smithson-produced special Children of 9/11 on September 5, almost ten years after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. The special features a year in the life of …

LOS ANGELES: The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) has made Meg Lowe, who has been working in a distribution role at Discovery Communications, the senior VP of distribution and strategy. Lowe will be responsible for leading sales, affiliate marketing and all …

TORONTO: The live-action family movie Mandie and the Forgotten Christmas has been picked up from CCI Entertainment by ION Television in the U.S. to broadcast this holiday season. Mandie and the Forgotten Christmas is based on the Mandie book series …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has ordered 10 episodes of Brickleberry, a new animated series that will be executive produced by Tosh.0‘s Daniel Tosh, who will also voice a character. Production on the series is set to commence this fall with …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution has landed the distribution rights for the CGI animated preschool series Buzzy Bee & Friends, a New Zealand brand that is nearly 70 years old. The partnership is between Beyond, the New Zealand producer Lion Rock Ventures …

HONG KONG: ESPN STAR Sports (ESS) has brought its ESPN HD and ESPNEWS channels to the now TV platform in Hong Kong. ESPNEWS is a 24-hour sports news channel developed especially for Asian viewers. It provides news, scores, updates, highlights and …

DOHA/PALO ALTO: Pulse, the news-reading app for Apple, Android and other tablet devices, has secured a content partnership with Al Jazeera to deliver video and news from the Al Jazeera English catalogue. Pulse will bring to its more than 5 …

BEIJING: Relativity Media has joined forces with private-equity firm SAIF Partners and IDG China Media by investing in SkyLand Entertainment, a China-U.S. distribution company that will develop and produce films. Relativity will distribute all of its future films in China …