World Screen

PREMIUM: The De Agostini Editore-owned kids’ channel DeA Super! is on the lookout for a live-action series to appeal to its core 8-to-12 audience. Launched last year, DeA Super!—carried on SKY Italia—is led by Massimo Bruno as channel manager, with …

NEW YORK: An all-new CGI-animated series for the beloved Care Bears brand has been greenlit by American Greetings Properties for a 2012 launch, coinciding with the property’s 30th anniversary. The Care Bears brand debuted in 1982 as a line of …

NEW YORK: GroupM has lowered its forecast for global adspend in 2011 from 5.8 percent to 4.8 percent as a result of the economic ramifications of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami and political unrest in the Middle East. “It’s highly unusual …

LONDON: Freeview has dedicated a four-hour prime-time block for airing Food Network UK programming, including hits such as Ace of Cakes. In the U.K., the channel is already available on Sky and Freesat. The Freeview block adds a further 22.6 …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of TV Kids.   Cartoon Network has long been a leading destination for young boys thanks to its schedule of part quirky, part irreverent, often silly, always fun animated series. A …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2011 issue of TV Formats.   With investments in TV production companies and partnerships with leading format creators, Red Arrow Entertainment Group has already, in the little more than a year that …

As VP of global content sales at National Geographic Channels Worldwide, Germaine Deagan Sweet is driving the sale of the factual broadcaster’s originals to third-party outlets across the globe. She speaks to TV Real Weekly about managing windows, co-producing and …

With a number of U.S. deals under its belt, including You Deserve It piloted for ABC and Benidorm Bastards in the works for NBC, SevenOne International’s format business is running at full steam. As the worldwide distributor of the ProSiebenSat.1-owned …

As its motto, “made for entertainment,” states, m4e AG is dedicated to the development, establishment and marketing of brands and characters. Its divisions include the Dutch producer and distributor of children’s properties Telescreen B.V. m4e focuses primarily on movie and …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central is to host a roast of actor Charlie Sheen in Los Angeles on September 10, for a premiere on September 19 at 10 p.m. “Charlie has assured us that nothing will be off limits in this …