World Screen

LONDON: The preschool channel CBeebies is headed to Norway, Denmark and Sweden as a localized service, via a deal signed by BBC Worldwide and Canal+. CBeebies will launch as a commercial-free daily block on Canal+’s new children’s channel, which is …

BURBANK: Production is under way on a sophomore season of Pair of Kings, which Disney XD will roll out later this year.  The live-action comedy-adventure series was Disney XD’s number one show of 2010 with kids 6 to 14, 6 …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV Sports has scored a deal with Premier Sports TV to bring the 2011 São Paulo and Brazilian football championships to U.K. viewers. According to the terms of the deal, Premier Sports TV will broadcast two games …

NEW YORK: FOX Soccer has extended its national broadcast rights agreement with Major League Soccer (MLS) for one year. FOX Soccer, which has been a national broadcast partner of MLS since 2003, will air up to 31 regular-season games, as …

NEW YORK/LONDON: Elisabeth Murdoch has reached an agreement in principle to sell the Shine Group to News Corporation for £415 million ($673.1 million). The companies have signed a non-binding letter of intent and will now proceed with the regulatory filings required …

MAINZ: A second season of the hit live-action series Dance Academy is in production, following a commission for a further 26 episodes from Germany’s ZDF and Australia’s ABC.  Funding for the series is again coming from ZDF Enterprises, ZDF, ABC, Screen …

SYDNEY: Seven Network is being merged with West Australian Newspapers Holdings to create Australia’s largest diversified media business, spanning broadcast television, radio, newspaper publishing, magazine publishing and online properties. Seven Group Holdings (SGH) is selling the Seven Media Group to …

LONDON/NEW YORK: Mark Kingston has been appointed to the newly created post of VP of Europe licensing, retail sales and trade marketing at Nickelodeon Consumer Products.  Kingston will work to establish, build and manage the company’s European key account strategy. …

SINGAPORE: Ganesh Rajaram, senior VP of sales to Asia at FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), tells World Screen about the company’s pact with the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) to develop original content in the region. FME has been steadily building its …

MEXICO CITY: Telefonica’s Movistar TV has renewed its contract with TV Azteca for its pay-TV network Azteca International to be available across Peru.  The signal will also be extended across key territories such as Chile and Venezuela. This is an extension …