World Screen

LISBON: Portuguese broadcaster RTP has picked up the rights to seven tween-targeted TV movies produced by Dolphin Entertainment, including Nickelodeon’s Shredderman Rules. The movies were acquired from Elastic Rights, which manages the rights for the Dolphin films in Spain, Portugal, Italy, …

BETHPAGE: Cablevision Systems Corp.’s new Optimum App allows subscribers to access the company’s digital cable service—including hundreds of channels, plus VOD—on an iPad in the home. Cablevision says that the app delivers the "full cable television experience" to the iPad, …

LONDON: The format Coming Soon: Love, which launched on Keshet earlier this year, has been added to Endemol’s catalogue for international productions outside of Israel.  The show launched on the Israeli broadcaster on January 1 and has been a hit …

LOS ANGELES: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has two 90-minutes specials, Prince William & Catherine: A Royal Love Story, with part one slated for April 9 and part two airing May 12, post-nuptials.  The first installment, airing April 9 at 8 p.m., …

LONDON: DRG has inked a deal to represent the formats from Swedish production outfit Titan and its Norwegian sister company Limelight Film & TV. Titan and Limelight’s credits include Charter Fever, The Unusuals and 112: When Emergency Strikes. Titles that DRG …

LONDON: Coolabi is working with the production arm of book publisher Walker Books for a series based on the Scream Street novels by Tommy Donbavand. Coolabi and Walker Productions have jointly secured the TV, gaming and licensing rights from Donbavand …

MUNICH: The Sector is a new one-hour crime series from HBO, Tandem Communications and Ridley and Tony Scott’s Scott Free Productions that is set to air on Cinemax in the U.S.  Aaron Benay and Matthew Benay are the writers/creators, while Simon …

CANNES/HONG KONG: As part of its efforts to boost its original animation creation efforts in the region, Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific has named Yoshiya Ayugai as executive producer for animation. Based in Hong Kong, Ayugai will report to Silas Hickey, …

TOKYO: Boréales and NHK are to launch their co-production Volcano Devils (Facing the Killer Volcano) in Cannes, where the companies will also reveal behind-the-scenes stories during the "Financing for New Co-Production" panel on Sunday at the Carlton.  Volcano Devils follows Katia and …

SCOTTSDALE: ABI forecasts that the worldwide market for VOD equipment will see a 3-percent annual growth to reach $591 million in 2016, while pay-TV operators’ investments in content delivery networks (CDN) to facilitate "TV Everywhere" rollouts will reach $774 million, a 4.3-percent increase …