World Screen

TORONTO: Skywriter Media and Entertainment Group secured a number of deals at MIPTV for its children’s, lifestyle and documentary programming, totaling 160 half-hours of content sold. Skywriter secured a renewal from AETN UK for its 16×30-minute documentary series Crimes of Passion, as …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON/TORONTO: Mediaset has scored the free-TV rights to the North American cop drama Rookie Blue from Entertainment One (eOne) Television. The series made its debut on ABC and Global Television last summer and averaged 8.5 million viewers a week. A second …

MUNICH: Samsung’s new generation of broadband-connected TV sets in Germany now offer built-in access to maxdome, ProSiebenSat.1’s online video platform delivering some 35,000 movie and TV titles. Samsung Smart TVs use a maxdome app to connect directly to the content platform. …

NEW YORK: iN DEMAND has expanded the roles of Eric Petro and Mark Boccardi to include overseeing the company’s business development functions. As part of the promotion, Petro, the executive VP and CFO of iN DEMAND, will add business development …

BUDAPEST: Chello Central Europe is set to debut Megamax, a new channel geared to kids aged between 7 and 14, in Hungary on April 18. Content will be dubbed into Hungarian for Megamax, which launches with a lineup that includes …

LAS VEGAS: Speaking at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, Leslie Moonves, the president and CEO of CBS Corporation, weighed in on government intervention in disputes with cable operators, spectrum allocation and the impact of new technologies on the company’s "bread-and-butter" business of …

LOS ANGELES: Pop Monkey Productions has inked a deal with veteran game-show creator Merrill Heatter to secure the international format rights to GSN’s Catch 21, as well as to represent Heatter’s upcoming game show, Hollywood Teasers. Catch 21, which is …

ATLANTA: Castalia Communications has appointed Court Stroud as senior VP of new business. In his new role, based in New York, Stroud will help strengthen Castalia’s advertising sales and strategic partnerships, as well as develop new business initiatives for the …

BURBANK: ABC Family has picked up the hour-long scripted drama Jane By Design, which is set to premiere in early 2012. The series centers on Jane, a teenager who scores a job at a trendy retail company when employers mistake …

BEVERLY HILLS: Televix Entertainment will serve as the worldwide distributor of a new animated comedy series based on the Gogo’s Crazy Bones collectible figurines. Collectibles companies Magic Box International and PPI Worldwide have teamed with Lima-based Aronnax Animation Studios for the …