World Screen

TORONTO: Tricon Films & Television has closed deals in Europe, Asia and the Middle East for its slate of factual properties and lifestyle series. Travel Channel EMEA and Asia opted for the 13-episode travel-adventure series Life’s a Trip. The one-hour …

LONDON: Content Television, which recently rebranded from Fireworks International, has sold the crime thriller Thorne into more than 120 territories. The drama made its debut in the U.K. and was one of Sky1’s top performing shows of 2010. It was …

PREMIUM: David Frank, the chief executive of Zodiak Media Group, talks to World Screen about making the group’s various companies as internationally focused as possible and about the broad range of genres they produce, which he believes is a main …

MUNICH: Simon Maxwell is joining Red Arrow Entertainment Group’s U.K. production arm as head of drama and comedy from Greenroom Entertainment. At Greenroom, Maxwell created and produced the company’s two BBC comedy series, Fresh and Off the Hook, and executive-produced …

SAN FRANCISCO: CBS.com has launched an eight-episode web original called Hawaii: Undiscovered, inspired by the CBS hit Hawaii Five-0 and sponsored by Chevrolet Cruze.  Each five-minute webisode will take viewers around the island of Oahu, offering up a behind-the-scenes look at set …

MONTREAL: The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has put an emphasis on interactive productions for MIPTV, where it will be offering digital content for sales and format licensing. The slate leads off with Highrise/Out My Window, which has been …

HONG KONG: FOX International Channels (FIC) has secured carriage for the Korean entertainment service tvN (Total Variety Network) on Hong Kong Broadband Network’s bbTV platform, which already carries the Nat Geo channels. “We at Fox International Channels are pleased to partner …

MADRID: Chello Multicanal is taking its popular Portuguese kids’ channel Canal Panda to Spain effective April 1, with carriage secured in more than 2 million digital TV homes. The service, aimed at kids 3 to 8, has been available in …

MUNICH: The new action series MEK 8 (Elite Squad 8) from action concept Germany has been added to the international sales catalogue of Telepool, which will launch the show next week in Cannes. The show was produced by action concept Germany, …

SANTA MONICA: Eli Frankel, formerly senior VP of development at Top Chef producer Magical Elves, has entered into a two-year overall television deal with Lionsgate. Announcing the new creative pact, Kevin Beggs, president of Lionsgate Television Group, noted, “Creating successful non-scripted …