World Screen

NEW YORK: World Screen Newsflash catches up with David Lyle, a veteran of the global content business, who was last week named as the new CEO of National Geographic Channels U.S. and global programming. This January, National Geographic Channel in …

LONDON: World Media Rights has sold the World War II history series Nazi Collaborators to Discovery’s Military Channel in the U.S. to premiere in October. The 13×30-minute series first aired in the U.K. on Yesterday in 2010 and distributor IMG …

LOS ANGELES: Haven Licensing has been appointed as the new agent for the Paul Frank brand in Australia and New Zealand, with Designworks added as a new fashion and accessories licensee. Haven Licensing, which also represents LEGO and Sanrio, has …

LONDON: Outdoor Channel is launching in Serbia and Ukraine, following deals secured by Chello Zone. As the American channel expands into the EMEA market following a joint venture agreement between Outdoor Channel and Chello Zone, it launches this week on …

TEL AVIV: A second season of the Armoza Formats series Comedians at Work, known as Stars at Work (Stars bei der Arbeit), has been commissioned by RTL in Germany, with Endemol producing. Stars at Work will air in prime time …

NEW YORK: Platforms in five countries across Europe and Asia have signed on to carry Sundance Channel and WE tv. Sundance Channel will run on OTE in Greece on the 24/7 IPTV platform as a linear channel, to be followed …

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime has secured the new unscripted series America’s Supernanny, a U.S. version of the hit global format. Lifetime ordered eight one-hour episodes of the series, to be produced by Shed Media US. Supernanny has already been formatted in …

SÃO PAULO: Disney Media Networks Latin America has granted Rede Telecine the exclusive pay-TV broadcast rights in Brazil for a range of films from Walt Disney Pictures, DreamWorks, Marvel and Pixar, among others. The deal kicks off in October, bringing …

TAIPEI: LI TV Holdings has secured new launches for its Life Inspired (Li TV) network with platforms in Taiwan and Hong Kong. In Taiwan, the cable platform kbro and IPTV service Chunghwa Telecom MOD have added the channel. This adds an additional …

NEW DELHI: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific has expanded its portfolio of Indian networks to seven with the addition of Discovery Channel Tamil, which rolls out on August 15. Joining Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, TLC, Discovery Science, Discovery Turbo and Discovery HD …