World Screen

NEW YORK: World’s Screen’s annual U.S. fall season grid is now online, featuring the 2011-2012 schedules for ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and The CW, trailers, synopses and a listing of shows by distributor. Click here to see it. The grid features pop-up …

NEW YORK: Paul Heaney, the president and managing director of Cineflix International, talks about the company’s growth path, as well as what appeals to him for the catalogue based on what broadcasters are currently looking for.   Approaching nearly a …

LOS ANGELES: Harry Sloan and Jeff Sagansky have partnered to establish Global Eagle Acquisition Corp., set up to purchase media and entertainment firms, with an IPO that has raised about $190 million. The firm will look to acquire media or entertainment …

MIAMI: Venevision International has inked a deal with Shankly Productions to represent its catalogue in Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market. Shankly’s library includes more than 75 titles, including the 78×30-minute series Discover China, which explores the country’s 5,000-year …

NEW YORK: TNT is preparing a spinoff of The Closer starring Mary McDonnell plus a new mystery movie night and is developing an unscripted show to be exec-produced by Ron Howard, Brian Grazer and The Amazing Race’s Elise Doganieri and Bertram van …

NASHVILLE: Total Nonstop Action (TNA) Wrestling and Spike TV are re-branding TNA iMPACT! as IMPACT Wrestling, beginning May 19. TNA iMPACT! debuted in 2005 and has been averaging 1.8 million views this year, ranking in the top programs on cable among men …

LOS ANGELES: Rive Gauche Television is presenting a slate of Spanish-dubbed non-scripted series and new formats for Latin American buyers at the L.A. Screenings, including The Dog Whisperer, Scare Tactics and three sports-themed reality shows. The 147×1-hour The Dog Whisperer …

NEW YORK: The Spanish-language TVLatina.tv Canitec multimedia preview site features interviews with FOX’s Hernán López and Televisa Networks’ Bruce Boren, an analysis of the Mexican market and a video on the state of pay TV in Latin America. To see it, …

LOS ANGELES: The series The Wannabes, which features the pop group Savvy, has been picked up by SUPER RTL in Germany to launch on June 18, with the show now airing in more than 60 countries worldwide.  The 26-episode series …

NEW YORK: Telemundo Communications Group unveiled its 2011-2012 grid to advertisers yesterday, with highlights that include four new novelas—among them an adaptation of the Antena 3 hit Física o Química—and a new weekend variety show from former Univision personality Cristina Saralegui. …