World Screen

NEW YORK: Spike TV is set to air the half-hour animated special Charlie Sheen’s Winningest Moments on March 9 at 10:30 p.m. The special will feature a countdown of ten to 12 of the Two and a Half Men star’s …

MUNICH: SevenOne International’s sciencetainment magazine Galileo has been picked up to air on Ukraine’s K1 channel, with the local version produced by Victoria Production in cooperation with Starmedia. The show will air on K1, part of the U.A. Inter Media …

SINGAPORE: KBS is returning to The Asian Pitch (TAP), an initiative put together by NHK and MediaCorp to fund original HD documentaries produced by independent directors who live and work in Asia. The South Korean pubcaster was on board at …

SYDNEY: Man Vs. Wild host Bear Grylls is set to become the face behind the Nissan X-Trail in Australia, after Discovery Channel entered into a 12-month partnership with Nissan Motor Company. As part of the agreement, Grylls, who is currently …

LONDON: Nickelodeon Consumer Products UK has aligned with book and magazine publisher DC Thomson to produce the first-ever magazine dedicated to Nickelodeon, with the publication launched across all major magazine retailers in the U.K.  Nickelodeon Magazine is aimed at the …

BURBANK/TORONTO: John Morris has been named senior VP of TV sales and co-productions for Cookie Jar Entertainment in the U.K., Benelux, Australia and New Zealand. Morris will lead TV sales and presales, planning and forecasting for the region, as well …

PHILADELPHIA: Comcast Corporation’s Xfinity TV service is now available in Spanish, with a dedicated online portal featuring hundreds of Spanish-language movies and TV shows online, available for free to digital customers. The newly launched XfinityTV.com/latinoTV features more than 500 Hispanic …

NEW YORK: Will Arnett and Jason Bateman’s DumbDumb and Ben Silverman’s Electus have teamed up for the new web series Always Open, a celebrity chat show set in the family restaurant Denny’s. The show is an extension of Denny’s latest …

SYDNEY: Beyond Distribution is headed to MIPTV with its recently acquired The Hunks, a six-part series from Back2Back Productions. The reality series features ten physically fit men who spend the summer together attempting to outdo one another while surfing, working …

LONDON: The finals of the Wimbledon tennis championships are going to be filmed in 3D for the first time ever and screened in 3D-capable cinemas around the world, via a deal signed between Sony and The All England Lawn Tennis …