World Screen

LONDON: The Chello Zone-owned Horror Channel is to debut on September 6 in Italy on Sky Italia, replacing the Fantasy channel. The channel will feature a Best of British Horror Night for the premiere, and a night of Rob Zombie’s …

TV Real Weekly spotlights the documentary, factual and reality series in contention for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards this year. Overshadowed by the drama and comedy presentations at the Primetime Emmy Awards, factual programming takes center stage at the …

HONG KONG: Ben 10: Destroy All Aliens, a CGI animated television movie based on the Cartoon Network series Ben 10, is set to premiere globally on the channel in 2012. The movie is being directed by Victor Cook (The Spectacular …

MADRID: Banijay International has sold Sex Academy, a format from Denmark, to Spain. Spanish broadcaster Telecinco will have the Banijay Group company Cuarzo Producciones produce the 13×100-minute series Academia del Sexo, to premiere this fall. The series has more than …

SILVER SPRING: The feature-length documentary Trek Nation, which delves into Star Trek’s enduring popularity through its creator, the late Gene Roddenberry, is set to air on SCIENCE in the fourth quarter of 2011. Trek Nation is produced by Roddenberry’s son, …

With a second-season order from Nickelodeon in the U.S., the live-action tween show House of Anubis has become one of Studio100 Media’s most valuable brands.TV Kids Weekly catches up with Patrick Elmendorff, managing director, to talk about the hit kids’ …

SINGAPORE: Outdoor Channel Asia now has the regional broadcast rights to the 2011 Gold Coast Airport Marathon. The outdoor entertainment channel will provide full regional coverage of the event in HD. “Outdoor Channel is firmly focused on broadcasting the best …

MIAMI: There have been a number of senior management promotions among key executives at A&E Ole, following the growth of the network’s brands. Cesar Sabroso has been promoted to senior VP of marketing, Victor Hernandez to senior VP of finance, …

KUALA LUMPUR: Fox International Channels’ Total Variety Network (tvN) in HD has been added to the MEASAT (Malaysia East Asia Satellite) platform. The channel features drama, variety shows, K-pop, E-news, reality and lifestyle programming. The service will be subtitled in …

HAMBURG/MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises and Hörzu Wissen magazine, published by Axel Springer, have co-produced a Dawn of the Ocean iPad app, which is now available to download through iTunes in Germany. The app’s content is based on ZDF’s three-part documentary Terra …