World Screen

SAN FRANCISCO: The Women and Girls Lead campaign is a new public media initiative from the Independent Television Service (ITVS) that uses independent documentary films to tell stories that support female leadership and development. The initiative from ITVS is being …

WESTON: Florida-based distributor World Media Pictures, led by former Dori Media and RCTV Internacional executive Juan Antonio Fernández, will be at the L.A. Screenings with a slate of novelas, light entertainment, documentaries and more. The novelas on offer next week …

NEW YORK: Coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War, HISTORY has lined up a week-long programming event, which kicks off with the two-hour feature Gettysburg. Executive produced by Tony and Ridley Scott, Gettysburg looks to present the …

SYDNEY: The live-action drama series My Place, which comes from Australian Children’s Television Foundation, has been picked up by a range of broadcasters, including ABC TV in Australia and RTP in Portugal. The show is based on a classic Australian …

KOLKATA: Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific has added a Bengali feed for its flagship channel in India, making it the only network in the country to be available in five languages. Discovery Channel in India is now available to subscribers in English, …

LOS ANGELES: The animated comedies Family Guy and The Cleveland Show have been picked up for new seasons on FOX, returning to the network’s Sunday night lineup. Family Guy has been renewed for a tenth season. The series, from creator/exec …

NEW YORK: BIO has greenlit a 10×1-hour docu-series following Bristol Palin, the daughter of former U.S. VP candidate Sarah Palin, as she moves in with her friends Chris and Kyle Massey in Los Angeles. Bristol and actor Kyle Massey met …

BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has scored a number of deals in Latin America, including sales in Brazil, Argentina and Ecuador. Imira’s 104×2-minute animated preschool series Vitaminix and the company’s 39×3-minute Saari have sold to Brazil’s free-TV channel Canal Futura. The country’s …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC’s America’s Got Talent is again partnering with YouTube to open up its audition process to the online community. Acts of all ages can upload their audition videos online through June 9, via the America’s Got Talent Audition …

NEW YORK: The digital editions of World Screen and the Spanish-language TV Latina and TV Niños are now available.   World Screen Hot Topic: The evolving media landscape has dramatically altered the way windowing rights are being sold for movies …