World Screen

TORONTO: A range of deals have been closed with broadcasters across the Asia Pacific for titles from the Breakthrough Entertainment catalogue, totaling some 300 hours of programming. From the kids’ slate, Breakthrough sold the animated series Dino Dan to MTV in …

CULVER CITY: Sony Movie Channel has announced new Friday and Monday programming blocks as well as original interstitial content as it works to build a "unique and interactive entertainment destination." Sony Pictures Television’s first U.S. multiplatform television network is currently available …

CANNES/LONDON/NEW YORK: Formats from the MTV Networks International (MTVNI) catalogue have made their way to broadcasters in Europe, the Asia Pacific and Africa through a new round of deals. Spike’s Pros v Joes, a reality competition series featuring ordinary men …

TORONTO: Turner Broadcasting Europe has scooped up Shaftesbury’s live-action tween hits Connor Undercover and Baxter for broadcast on Cartoon Network in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland. This is Shaftesbury’s first deal with Turner Broadcasting in the Nordic region. Shane Kinnear, …

LONDON: BBC One has given the go-ahead to season three of Tonight’s The Night and season two of Secret Fortune for broadcast in a Saturday night prime-time slot later this year. BBC Entertainment has recommissioned both shows, which will be …

LOS ANGELES/LONDON/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) Television has notched up a slew of slots for its doc, drama and comedy series, including signing up TVNZ, TV Norge, Danish Broadcasting and RTE for The Walking Dead. The new European deals on the AMC/FIC co-production …

MUNICH: There are a variety of programming genres that SevenOne International will be presenting in Cannes, including, among others, TV event movies. The TV event William & Kate, commissioned by Lifetime Movie Network, portrays the real-life romance of Prince William …

LONDON: National Geographic Ventures International (NGVI) has partnered with factual production outfit Touch Productions to set up Dizzy Earth, which makes its official debut at MIPTV with a slate of factual-entertainment formats. The joint venture aims to create and exploit …

TORONTO: CTV has extended its partnership with the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) for The Juno Awards, keeping the annual music awards show on the Canadian broadcaster through 2016. CTV has been airing the Canadian music awards, …

As CEO of Entertainment One (eOne) Television, a unit of Entertainment One, John Morayniss oversees one of the leading creators, producers and distributors of television product across a number of genres. eOne has already provided series to major U.S. and …