World Screen

CHICAGO: Zephyr Media Group is leading a consortium of companies set to launch Vibrant TV, a U.S. channel dedicated exclusively to programming from the international market. Vibrant TV, slated to launch in June 2012, will air blocks of programming in …

SINGAPORE: AXN Asia is to launch a local version of the game-show format Cash Cab, with Chevrolet Asia on board as a sponsor. The ALL3MEDIA International format will launch on AXN Asia across 21 countries, where it reaches 98 million …

LONDON: Sky Living has struck an exclusive multi-season deal with CBS Studios International for the U.S. drama Ringer, starring Buffy the Vampire Slayer alum Sarah Michelle Gellar. The series debuts on The CW in the U.S. on September 13, then …

BOSTON: Consumers in the U.S. who plan to purchase a 3DTV within the next year expect to pay 56-percent more than those buying a regular HDTV, according to new research from Strategy Analytics. The average expected price of a 3DTV …

ATLANTA: TNT has ordered the fifth season of the drama series Leverage to premiere in summer 2012. The summer finale of season four of Leverage, which currently airs Sunday nights on TNT, is set for August 28, with the series …

NEW YORK: AMC has ordered 16 more episodes of Breaking Bad that will wrap up the series. Production will start in early 2012, with rollout of the new episodes to be determined by the network. The show’s fourth season launched …

SYDNEY: The LifeStyle Channel has commissioned Location Location Location Australia, a sister series to Relocation Relocation Australia, which premieres on September 28. Relocation Relocation Australia was produced by Shine Australia, which has been commissioned to also produce Location Location Location …

LONDON: Turner Broadcasting is set to launch an HD simulcast of Cartoon Network on Sky, available in September, coinciding with the channel’s 17th birthday. Series such as Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Regular Show, Adventure Time and Star Wars: the Clone …

NEW YORK: A fourth season of Warehouse 13, the Syfy channel’s most-watched series ever, has been greenlit to run in 2012. The series follows a team of government agents who work at a top-secret storage facility in South Dakota that …

TORONTO: TELETOON’s fall 2011 lineup is to include seven new series, new seasons of five returning series and a look at the upcoming original production Detentionaire. New series featured in the lineup include The Looney Tunes Show, Hole in the …