World Screen

BEVERLY HILLS: Discovery Networks Latin America has inked a deal with Televix Entertainment, securing the pay-TV broadcast rights for Rob the Robot. The CG-animated show, which is a co-production between Canada’s Amberwood Entertainment and Singapore’s One Animation, follows Rob and …

NEW YORK: Hearst Corporation and Mark Burnett have set up a new global joint venture that will focus on media content, producing events around it, and spinning off TV shows and other programming based on Hearst brands. The deal sees …

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TORONTO: The web series Apollo’s Pad has been snapped up by TELETOON Canada, with eight episodes of the puppet-based TV comedy to air on TELETOON at Night. Apollo’s Pad, which premiered on TELETOON on April 10, centers on a neighborhood …

LONDON: Inspired by the Vuguru drama The Booth at the End, The Deal is a brand-new social game created exclusively for Facebook by Two Way Media and Fox International Channels (FIC). The narrative-led game features the premise of the TV …

TORONTO: Michael MacMillan, former executive chairman of Alliance Atlantis, has inked a deal to take a controlling interest in Canadian specialty channel operator GlassBOX Television through his Blue Ant Media venture. Blue Ant Media will initially purchase 29.9 percent of GlassBOX …

STOCKHOLM: Sony Pictures Television has licensed a package of 70 films to NonStop Television, a Turner Broadcasting company, for the TNT7 and Showtime channels in the Nordic region. The deal includes movies such as Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, starring Robert De …

MANILA: Outdoor Channel has secured 21 carriage agreements in the Philippines, including with Destiny Cable, Cablelink Holdings and Angeles City Cable TV Network. Over the coming months, Outdoor Channel will also launch on Kalibo Cable, Satellite Cable Network, Parasat Cable …

SAN FRANCISCO: iWin and Endemol have entered a partnership to bring the TV game shows Deal or No Deal and 1 vs. 100 to Facebook this spring. As part of the deal, iWin, a casual and social games creator, distributor …

TORONTO/LONDON/SYDNEY: Entertainment One (eOne) has made its first acquisition in the Australian market, with the independent feature-film distributor Hopscotch. Hopscotch is a film distribution business for Australia and New Zealand, focused on independent international titles as well as local Australian …