World Screen

PARIS: Moonscoop has secured a number of deals for its 52×11-minute preschool series Chloe’s Closet. Mediaset in Italy and Yoyo in Taiwan have snapped up the show, which is an HD 2D animation series about an imaginative little girl who discovers magical …

WASHINGTON, D.C.:  A new bill introduced in the U.S. Senate yesterday—with broad backing from the Hollywood community—aims to crack down on the distribution of pirated content, enabling authorities to shut down "rogue websites." The Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic …

LOS ANGELES: The Lifetime series Coming Home, which features the surprise reunions of American military personnel and their families, is being honored with NATPE’s fourth annual Innovator Award at PitchCon, where Peter Lenkov, exec producer of CBS’s Hawaii Five-0, is …

SINGAPORE: Multi Channels Asia (MCA) is creating a pan-regional sports channel, Sports Television International (STI). Through a partnership with IEC in Sports, STI will draw upon IEC’s library of more than 3,500 hours of sports programming and special events. Included …

BURBANK: Ashley Judd leads the cast of the highly anticipated new drama series Missing for ABC, which is currently in production in Europe for an initial ten episodes. The series tells the story of a mother whose son suddenly disappears …

SÃO PAULO: Cat’s Cradle is set to launch in prime time on Unitel in Bolivia on May 16. The telenovela centers on modern societies and the individualism and greed that pervades them; the cast includes Camila Pitanga of Tropical Paradise, Marcos …

CANNES: Animasia Studio, an MSC Malaysia company, has entered into a $5.2 million co-production agreement with Chinese animation outfit Zhejiang Zhongnan Animation (ZN Animation) for the creation of a new 2D HD series, My Brother is Monkey King. The first season will …

TORONTO: This year’s Banff World Media Festival is to feature a panel discussion on the roles that traditional television and new digital technologies will play within the future media of consumption. The panel will be moderated by Michael Hennessey, the …

LOS ANGELES: Debmar-Mercury has appointed Darren Doyle and Jim Kramer to senior VPs of sales, with Doyle representing the company on the U.S.’s West Coast and Kramer taking the East Coast. Both Doyle and Kramer were key to launching The Wendy …

SINGAPORE: Following a successful fourth season, Sony Style TV Magazine is returning to AXN in its fifth run on May 24. The entertainment newsmagazine features the latest Sony gadgets and lifestyle events and places like the Sony Studio 3D Technology Center …