World Screen

CANNES: Troubleshooter, unveiled in Cannes today, is the second project to come out of the creative exchange alliance between FremantleMedia and Fuji Television Network that was first announced at MIPTV 2010. The alliance sees executives from both companies spending time at …

CANNES/LONDON/MOSCOW: Among the properties MTV Networks International (MTVNI) is showcasing in Cannes is Kikoriki from Russia’s Riki Group.  MTVNI is representing the series for TV and digital media across Central and Eastern Europe, excluding Russia, as well as the Middle East, …

CANNES: Entertainment One (eOne) Television has licensed the rights to The Walking Dead to Sundance Channel in France and French-speaking Belgium. Announcing the acquisition at MIPTV, Harold Gronenthal, senio VP and general manager of Rainbow Media Global, said, “Sundance Channel …

CANNES: National Geographic Channel has commissioned the hour-long Hunt for the Abominable Snowman from Atlantic Productions. The film debuts today at 9 p.m. on National Geographic’s Expedition Week, which runs until April 9. The hour-long feature follows adventurer Gerry Moffatt …

CANNES/MADRID/LONDON: Zinkia Entertainment has secured a 51-percent majority stake in U.K.-based children’s entertainment outfit CAKE for an undisclosed sum. The joint venture deal is intended to enhance brand-management and distribution opportunities for the two companies. Both Zinkia and CAKE will maintain …

CANNES: ORF has sold the crime series Fast Forward to France’s ABDA for pay- and free-TV channels.  The series centers on Angelica Fast, a mid-30s divorced single mother who is also a successful investigator at Vienna’s criminal investigation department. She …

CANNES: FremantleMedia is developing a daily drama for launch on RTL Croatia this fall, tentatively titled The Clan. Created and produced by FremantleMedia Croatia, the show will also be offered to the worldwide market as a scripted format. It tells …

    CULVER CITY/CANNES: Local-language versions of the hit U.S. series Everybody Loves Raymond have been sold by Sony Pictures Television (SPT) into Israel and Poland. SPT previously sold the show to Russia, where it is known as The Voronins. …

MUNICH/CANNES: Tandem Communications today announced that the new event mini-series Pompeii, produced with Scott Free Television and Sony Pictures Television, among other partners, has been acquired by ProSiebenSat.1 in Germany and Sky in the U.K. The show, which also has Peace …

CANNES: Food Network Asia is to debut the regionally produced original special A Culinary Coup: The Launch of Ku De Ta on April 18. The hour-long special, produced in Singapore by Off the Fence, follows chef Dan Segall, who is …