World Screen

LONDON: Australian pay-TV platform FOXTEL has licensed a total of 80 hours of comedy and factual programming from DRG, including the Channel 4 series Peep Show. Season two and three Peep Show will air on FOXTEL’s The Comedy Channel, which recently …

PRAGUE: The Spektrum HD channel has been added to the channel lineup of Skylink, bringing the service to nearly 15 percent of Czech and Slovak TV households. Spektrum HD offers documentaries that cover science, history, wildlife and culture. The service joins …

LONDON: Eric Karp has joined Mind Candy as head of licensing for the Americas, leading the company’s newly formed New York-based division. Karp is responsible for developing, expanding and rolling out a licensing program in the Americas for the digital …

LONDON: Channel 4 has renewed Endemol’s Million Dollar Drop format for three additional seasons, while France’s TF1 and Switzerland’s SF1 have signed up for their own versions of the show. Created by Endemol UK’s Remarkable Television—which is producing 29 new …

LONDON: Mike Beale has been tapped for the newly created post of director of international formats at ITV Studios, joining the company from NBCUniversal. Beale most recently served as the VP of international television production at NBCU. Prior to this he …

LONDON/SOFIA: Bulgarian broadcaster TV7 will launch a localized Nickelodeon branded block this month delivering titles such as Dora the Explorer and Big Time Rush, among others. The deal between Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and TV7 covers four hours of …

WARSAW: The Starmax HD platform in Spain has granted carriage to the Kino Polska movie channels FilmBox and FilmBox España. The movie channels cover genres such as comedy, romance, drama, westerns, psychological thrillers, action and family entertainment. They are also …

AMSTERDAM/MUNICH: Dutch media group Sanoma is acquiring ProSiebenSat.1 Media’s broadcasting and print assets in the Netherlands in conjunction with John de Mol’s Talpa Media, while partnering with two other companies to acquire its Belgian channels. The deals do not include …

HONG KONG: Two new hires have been made at Celestial Pictures, marking the company’s entry into the social games arena and the expansion of its channels business. Justin Weng has been named VP of game development and licensing. He will …

NEW YORK: Continuing its focus on original content, BET has added a new sitcom to its roster, Reed Between the Lines, along with a host of other scripted fare, in addition to fresh music programming. Reed Between the Lines stars …