World Screen

LONDON: Lynda La Plante has signed on to pen a fourth installment of ITV1’s popular Above Suspicion crime drama, which was launched to the global market at MIPTV this week. The British broadcaster has commissioned Above Suspicion: Silent Scream with …

CANNES: Since the beginning of this year, broadcasters in more than 15 territories have licensed Globo TV International’s new slate of products, which includes Cat’s Cradle and Passione. Globo introduced a host of new content at the beginning of this …

CANNES: Nordic entertainment channel TNT7 has scored a deal for 40 movies and series from HBO, including Big Love and In Treatment, to premiere starting this month. Also included in the 40 titles are: And Starring Pancho Villa as Himself …

LONDON/NEW YORK: The hidden-camera prank show Flash Prank has been commissioned by MTV International from the U.K.’s Splash Media. The 10×30-minute show will feature real-life pranks, and is set to air on MTV channels in the U.K., Australia and New Zealand, …

NEW YORK: Oxygen has added three new properties to its development slate: the tentatively titled Maids of Drama, Lost Angels and My Post Grad Life. In Maids of Drama, viewers will get a glimpse of the jealousy and drama that …

LOS ANGELES: Spike Lee is set to receive PromaxBDA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for creativity at the entertainment association’s 2011 annual conference, which takes place June 28 to 30 in New York. Lee has been active in the entertainment industry as …

CANNES: BBC Worldwide Channels has acquired a raft of entertainment and factual entertainment titles for its channels in Poland, Africa and the Nordic region, including Episodes and Dating in the Dark. For Africa, BBC Entertainment acquired Episodes, which centers on …

MUNICH/CANNES: VT4 in Belgium, SBS6 in the Netherlands and SBS in Denmark are set to produce their own versions of SevenOne International’s My Man Can. SevenOne’s parent company, RedArrow Entertainment, has already set up a central production hub for the …

MUNICH: The first German ABC TV On Demand rolls out to Vodafone TV customers beginning this month, following the signing of a deal between The Walt Disney Company and the telco. Germany’s ABC TV On Demand service will be available …

ENGLEWOOD: EPIX subscribers on DISH Network now have free, unlimited on-demand access to movies on DISHOnline.com. DISH Network customers who subscribe to DISH Platinum can now watch more than 3,000 films and other EPIX programming on DISHOnline.com in SD and …