World Screen

PARIS: France 24’s English-language service is now part of Time Warner Cable’s channel roster, adding an additional 1.5 million subscribers throughout the New York Metropolitan area to its U.S. reach. The English-language service is now part of Time Warner’s basic …

MOSCOW: RTDoc, a new 24-hour English-language channel under the Russia Today (RT) umbrella, has launched to more than 120 million households across Europe, the Middle East and Northern Africa. RTDoc will air exclusive documentaries about Russia, produced in-house. RTDoc’s reach …

SINGAPORE: MP & Silva has scored the rights to represent Bundesliga from 2012-13 to 2014-15 in Belgium, Japan and Vietnam in a deal with DFL Sports Enterprises. MP & Silva will act as the exclusive distributor for the German football league in …

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded Corporación Medcom Panama (Medcom) the free-TV and radio broadcast rights in Panama for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Medcom assets include Telemetro Canal 13, RPC Canal 4, Tele 7 and RPC …

HILVERSUM: Ynon Kreiz has left his post as the chairman and CEO of Endemol, resigning after a three-year tenure. Kreiz’s departure comes in the wake of reported financial troubles at the Dutch media giant. Endemol confirmed last month that it …

LOS ANGELES: Bunim/Murray Productions has renewed its contract with Jeff Jenkins, the executive VP of entertainment and programming who is behind the hit Kardashians franchise. Jenkins is executive producer of the popular E! Entertainment reality shows Keeping Up with the …

LONDON: Season two of the in-house produced Nickelodeon UK kids’ show The Bopps is to premiere June 27. The series will air every day at 7:35 a.m. on Nick Jr. on the Wake Up World morning block. The live-action sing-along …

PARIS: The Brazilian mobile operator TIM has added the French-language France 24 service to its offerings. The 300,000 subscribers of the TIM TV offer now gain free access to France 24 throughout all Brazilian states. The moves comes as part …

OTTAWA: Pre-production has begun on Genuine Pictures’ live-action/CG-animated series Beats in Bites, set for broadcast on TVOntario in early 2012 with distribution being handled by CCI Entertainment. Beats in Bites celebrates the art of beatboxing. It features Canadian beatbox artists …

LONDON: A second season of Jungle Junction, from the British production outfit Spider Eye, is to premiere on Disney Junior in the U.K. on June 25. Jungle Junction is the first animated preschool series to come from Disney’s European development …