World Screen

ENCINO: Solid Entertainment has scored a number of sales for its Emmy Award-winning series U.S. Navy SEALs. Following Osama Bin Laden’s recent death, German broadcasters ZDF, Sat.1 and ProSieben licensed footage of the series, while Denmark’s TV2 acquired two episodes. …

BEVERLY HILLS: Televix Entertainment has acquired the free-TV and videogram rights in Latin America to Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars from 9 Story Entertainment. The film centers on the amateur investigator and her adventures spying on a teen heartthrob, hoping to expose …

LONDON: The Children’s Media Conference, which is set to take place from July 6 to 8 in Sheffield, has lined up Lord Puttnam as a keynote speaker, along with Moshi Monsters creator Michael Acton Smith presenting a master class and …

LONDON: Parthenon Kids has secured a number of deals with broadcasters across the world for titles from its children’s programming catalogue, including City of Friends. The 26×10-minute seasons three and four of City of Friends, which launched at MIPTV this …

NEW YORK: Spike TV has a number of non-scripted original pilots in development, with projects from producers such as SallyAnn Salsano (Jersey Shore) and Ben Silverman (Mob Wives). The pilots are aimed at the network’s core 18 to 34 male audience, …

PARIS: For the first three months of 2011, TF1’s group consolidated revenues rose just 2.9 percent to 614.4 million euros, while net profit saw a 47.9-percent hike to 48.2 million euros. The market-leading French commercial broadcasting group reported reduced ad …

LONDON: ITV Studios has named Francis Hopkinson, the executive producer of DCI Banks and Wallander, as creative director for drama, effective in September. Hopkinson will be responsible for establishing a new drama unit and will develop and produce a new slate of scripted …

MUNICH: The sciencetainment magazine Galileo is to debut on May 14 on Chinese free-TV channel Shanghai DocuTV and 14 other local stations, via a deal with SevenOne International. The show starts airing this weekend in China, and will hold a …

LOS ANGELES: Lynda La Plante has signed on with Lionsgate to develop the new one-hour drama Villains of All Nations, based on Marcus Rediker’s book about the golden age of pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries. La Plante joins …

LONDON: The entertainment formats High Stakes, Holding Out for a Hero and Born to Shine are all to be produced by ITV Studios for ITV1’s prime-time schedule. ITV1 has given the go-ahead for 12 Yard Productions’ Holding Out for a Hero. …