World Screen

CULVER CITY: 3net is planning to roll out an unprecedented number of original native 3D programs throughout June, across a number of general-entertainment genres. Among the new programs are the nature and animal series African Wild and Feeding Time. In …

LOS ANGELES: More than any one single show, NBCUniversal’s slate as a whole got thumbs-up from a crowd of 300 Latin buyers Sunday as the LA Screenings began to gear up for its crucial phase over the next five days, writes …

LOS ANGELES: The Mouse House brought out its top guns Sunday night for the 11th annual Disney International Upfronts, which is the first chance foreign program buyers have to savor the new shows licensed by the Hollywood studio, reports Elizabeth …

BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has scored a number of deals in Iberia for its slate of third-party animation and live-action series. In Spain, Imira secured a deal with Canal Panda España, with the pay-TV channel acquiring seven shows including Millimages’ 52×7-minute Bugged, …

MILANO: Giochi Preziosi Group and Mondo TV have inked a deal to co-produce a new 2D animated series based on the Dinofroz property, which is set to be ready in fall 2012. The 26×26-minute Dinofroz series features four children who discover that …

LONDON: CAKE has promoted Leila Ouledcheikh to VP of international sales from senior sales manager. In her new position, Ouledcheikh will be responsible for worldwide merchandising and licensing sales, as well as TV and home-video exploitation across Germany, France, Italy, Benelux, the …

LOS ANGELES: Rive Gauche Television has scored deals for its non-scripted programming slate with broadcasters across Latin America. Sports Crash was taken by Channel 12 in El Salvador, as well as Channel 9 in Costa Rica. Meanwhile, the first three seasons …

LOS ANGELES: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s planned return to entertainment is on hold in the wake of revelations of an out-of-wedlock child and his separation from Maria Shriver, with production stopped on The Governator animated series. "In light of recent events, A Squared …

NEW YORK: Veteran NBCUniversal executive Dick Ebersol is exiting his post as chairman of the NBC Sports Group after a reported contract dispute.  Having spent four decades with the company, Ebersol has run NBCU’s sports broadcasting initiatives for the last 22 years. He …

LOS ANGELES: Warner Bros. has two new J.J. Abrams series to offer international buyers—FOX’s Alcatraz and CBS’s Person of Interest—in addition to his renewed show Fringe. Alcatraz, launching midseason, is a thriller centered on America’s most infamous prison, while Person of …