World Screen

LONDON: The factual channel Yesterday has commissioned four new programs for its Spirit of the Sixties lineup, including WAGs of ’66 and Valentine Warner Eats the Sixties. The series premieres September 18, with WAGs of ’66 airing on September 22 …

LOS ANGELES: Hallmark Channel is bringing back Martha Stewart’s series Martha Bakes for a second season, along with adding the new show Emeril’s Table, starring the chef Emeril Lagasse, to premiere September 26. Both series will air Mondays, with Emeril’s …

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment’s CosmoTV channel is to air American celebrity-filled reality programs, including season four of The Rachel Zoe Project and The World According to Paris, as well as the debut of the Emmy-winning series Friday Night Lights and original …

LONDON: Cineflix International Distribution has picked up the international distribution rights to the Daisybeck Productions series A Gypsy Life for Me. The 8×1-hour series was produced for A+E Networks’ Bio channel and takes a look at gypsy way of life …

NEW YORK: Half of all Netflix users connect via a game console, while those using Hulu are watching directly on a computer, finds Nielsen in its recent study on U.S. streaming habits. According to Nielsen, 89 percent of Hulu users …

NEW YORK: ION Television has picked up the off-network rights for Psych, Monk and House in a deal with NBCUniversal Domestic Television Distribution. The agreement includes the previous six and future seasons of Psych, marking the first time the show has …

LONDON: BBC Two is set to air the Sony Pictures Television drama Pan Am, set in the ’60s at the dawn of the Jet Age. The show, which launches this fall on ABC, follows a group of Pan Am pilots and …

LAUSANNE: Televisa has scored the free-to-air, cable and satellite broadcast rights in Mexico for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has also awarded Televisa the radio broadcast rights for Mexico. Jacques Rogge, IOC’s president, said: “We …

MOSCOW: Russia’s CTC Media has set up a new production company, Story First Production, which merges the Costafilm and Soho Media platforms into a single subsidiary. The newly established outfit will be led by Vasily Balashov as general director. Balashov, who …

LONDON: Zodiak Media Group has added to its company portfolio Bwark, the indie producer behind the hit comedy series The Inbetweeners. Bwark was set up by former Channel 4 commissioning editors Iain Morris and Damon Beesley. Bwark’s E4 comedy The Inbetwenners …