World Screen

LONDON: The British indie Wide-Eyed Entertainment is set to open a U.S. office, led by Parule Basu-Barua as managing director and executive VP. Jasper James, CEO, and David McNab, creative director, will continue to oversee the U.K. operations. Wide-Eyed Entertainment …

BURBANK: A sequel to the Disney Channel Original Movie Lemonade Mouth is currently in the works, as well as a movie based on the Disney comedy series Shake It Up. @font-face { font-family: “ï¼­ï¼³ 明朝”; }@font-face { font-family: “Verdana”; }@font-face …

PREMIUM: The shows creating the most buzz on Twitter are not necessarily the ones with the biggest ratings, Tom Weiss, the founder of TV Genius, a U.K. company which specializes in converting tweets into viewer eyeballs, tells Jay Stuart. London-based …

LONDON: The BBC has unveiled a new service that will bring video and text content from BBC News Online directly to consumers’ Internet-connected TV sets, beginning with Samsung’s range of Smart TVs. The pubcaster says the new service is part of a …

BURBANK: ABC has given a fifth-season order for Wipeout, with TV personality Vanessa Minnillo to serve as a co-host. ABC has signed on for Winter and Summer edition Wipeout episodes for 2011-12. The next season will also feature new camera …

LONDON: WWE has extended its distribution deal with Eurosport for another two years, with shows such as This Week in WWE and WWE Vintage Collection continuing to air on the channel on Monday nights. The deal sees WWE programming available …

SAN FRANCISCO: CBS Interactive has hired Marc DeBevoise as senior VP and general manager for its entertainment division, responsible for sites such as CBS.com, TV.com and Clicker.com. DeBevoise will oversee the digital content distribution strategies and the development of both …

LONDON: JimJam is to launch its first +1 channel, joining the Sky Italia lineup next month, featuring the same preschool programming from the main Italian feed but staggered by an hour. Chello Zone has made two new acquisitions for JimJam …

ISTANBUL: Global Agency is to present three telenovelas from the Venevision International slate for DISCOP buyers, with a focus on the territories of Bosnia, the Czech Republic, Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine. For a Lifetime (La vida entera), Always On My …

TORONTO: Australia’s Seven Network has struck an agreement with Exploration Production Inc. (EPI), Discovery Channel Canada’s production company, for all future seasons of the doc series Mighty Ships, along with ordering the spinoff Mighty Planes. Mighty Ships has been a …