World Screen

LONDON: Passion Distribution has added to its catalogue more than 100 hours of new programming from Scripps Networks International, with additional episodes for series such as Cupcake Wars and Great Food Truck Race. The first season of Cupcake Wars sold …

HONG KONG/CULVER CITY: Todd Miller, a veteran of the Asian pay-TV business, is stepping down from his post at Sony Pictures Television, where he oversaw the company’s networks in the region. Miller resigns as executive VP of networks, Asia Pacific, effective April …

LORETO: Rainbow is investing $10 million in the second season of Huntik: Secrets and Seekers, which now has a multi-territory master toy deal in place with Giochi Preziosi.  The toy deal covers Europe, along with the U.K. and Russia. It includes …

NEW YORK: Coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the global launch of TLC International, the channel is headed for a slot in the Netherlands, with full distribution to 7 million homes starting July 4.  The female-skewed service is now available …

NEW YORK: Crown Media Networks, the new umbrella brand for Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel, unveiled its 2011-12 slate to advertisers this week, with a roster of new TV movies plus several series, including one hosted by Maya Angelou. Hallmark Channel …

SYDNEY: The Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF) is set to launch its new animation series Flea-Bitten at MIPTV. The half-hour cartoon comedy, featuring a dog and a flea as a pair of unlikely friends who have escaped from the pound, …

LONDON: The TV Land sitcom Retired at 35 has been picked up for prime time by a number of broadcasters through deals signed by DRG, which is launching a new comedy at MIPTV and has wrapped up a range of …

  NEW YORK: TV Kids’ special video report features interviews with Nickelodeon’s Cyma Zarghami, Disney EMEA’s Orion Ross, KI.KA’s Sebastian Debertin, Sprout’s Andrew Beecham and Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s Tim Brooke-Hunt.  brightcove.createExperiences(); This video, entitled Learning to Share, is a special report from …

NEW YORK: The 2011-12 programming lineup for The Hub is to include nine brand-new original series, joining ten returning shows with fresh episodes, for a total of 425 half-hours of new productions.  Original series on the roster include The Aquabats …

NEW YORK: TV Kids has prepared a MIPTV Preview multimedia site, delivering interviews with Turner’s Stuart Snyder and Nickelodeon’s Victoria Justice, along with features on the state of the business and reinventing classic brands, as well as other resources. To see …