World Screen

SAN DIEGO: Professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek is bringing his HD animated skateboarding series Wild Grinders to Nicktoons to roll out in 2012. Dyrdek, the star of MTV’s Rob & Big and Fantasy Factory, will voice the lead character and executive …

LONDON: Aspect Film in the U.K. has picked up the global distribution rights outside of the U.S., Australia and New Zealand for the factual series Hollywood’s Classics: Behind the Scenes. The 26×26-minute series, produced and directed by Mark Kaplan and …

NEW YORK: BET’s new original series is to feature the Emmy-nominated choreographer and creative director to the stars Laurieann Gibson in Born to Dance: Laurieann Gibson, debuting August 2. The show will follow Gibson over eight weeks as she works …

NEW YORK: Following on the success of its Emmy-nominated drama Carlos, Sundance Channel is working with ITV Studios on the new scripted project Appropriate Adult, to star Dominic West and Emily Watson. The two-parter will tell the story of British serial …

TORONTO: The 2011 World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP) is set to host this year’s 19th annual event in Paris, France, to be held November 29 to December 2. The event is expecting some 600 international broadcasters, producers …

KUALA LUMPUR: Expanding its business lines to now include television assets, Star Publications of Malaysia has invested RM35 million ($11.7 million) for a 51-percent share in the Asian channel operator LI TV Holdings. LI TV Holdings’ current owner, Juita Viden …

BEVERLY HILLS: Relativity Media has optioned the feature-film rights for Voltron from World Event Productions to adapt a live-action feature-film version from the 1984 classic animated series Voltron: Defender of the Universe. The live-action movie will be produced by Atlas …

NEW YORK: New Knowledge Networks analysis shows that for three out of every ten minutes consumers spend with television, they are also engaging with other media, meaning that TV is a "solo medium" 70 percent of the time. For the …

LOS ANGELES: News Corp. investor Prince Alwaleed bin Talal continues to back Rupert Murdoch and son James, asserting in an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan Tonight that he is "not worried" about the future of the company but that it …

MIAMI: Discovery U.S. Hispanic has appointed Maria Badillo as director of programming and acquisitions for its Spanish-language networks, including Discovery en Español and Discovery Familia. Badillo will be responsible for developing the programming strategy for the Spanish-language networks, while also …