World Screen

PARIS: The French- and English-language versions of France 24 are joining the SKY TV New Zealand platform starting July 1. SKY TV New Zealand has 800,000 subscribers. The English version will be part of the Basic SKY package and the …

LOS ANGLES: The American Film Market (AFM) has set up a new five-day conference program for the 2011 event, with dedicated sessions on financing, production, marketing, distribution and pitching. AFM is set to take place November 2 to 9 in …

BURBANK: Selena Gomez, Debby Ryan and Mitchel Musso are among the Disney Channel stars taking part in the network’s new hidden-camera series PrankStars, which sees unsuspecting tweens and teens set up to come face to face with their favorite celebrities. …

BASINGSTOKE: Sony Corporation has announced that public viewing events for live 3D coverage of the Wimbledon 2011 championship finals will take place in more than 22 countries worldwide, while broadcasters in six markets have confirmed plans for 3D TV transmissions. Sony …

SYDNEY: ABC Commercial has signed up FOXTEL’s Comedy Channel in Australia and Viacom’s Comedy Central in New Zealand for the comedy Angry Boys. The Comedy Channel will air the show in Australia, while Comedy Central takes the premiere rights for …

LOS ANGELES: The male-skewing Fuel TV network has commissioned a new 13-part travel-based series, Strangers in Danger, starring BMX pros and best friends Zack “Catfish” Yankush and Mike “Rooftop” Escamilla. The series launches in the Fuel TV lineup in September. The …

LOS ANGELES: Terry O’Quinn is joining fellow Lost alumnus Daniel Dae Kim on the cast of the CBS hit Hawaii Five-0 in its second season. O’Quinn, who won an Emmy Award in 2007 for his supporting role on Lost, will portray …

SILVER SPRING: All-new episodes of Discovery Channel’s Man vs. Wild are slated to roll out starting July 11, featuring actor Jake Gyllenhaal joining host Bear Grylls for an expedition in Iceland. The new episodes kick off July 11 at 9 …

LISBON: As of July 1, FOX International Channels’ FOX Movies network will be available on all major pay-TV platforms in Portugal. The 24-hour movie network is available free-to-air in the Middle East and North Africa and as a pay-TV service in Japan …

BUDAPEST: Banijay International’s Seasons of Life is to receive a local treatment for STB in Ukraine, with five half-hour episodes to air in the fall. The docu-reality format tells the stories of four families as they go through life’s four …