World Screen

ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network is bringing the 24-hour commercial-free channel BabyTV to the U.S. in its Spanish-language suite, DishLATINO. DISH Network is the first pay-TV provider to offer the channel, dedicated to babies and toddlers, in the U.S. BabyTV features short-form …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats has scored a deal with Norway’s TV2 to launch Comedians at Work on the network this spring. Comedians at Work features comedians performing real jobs for a day, and then returning to the studio for a …

TORONTO: Canada’s Documentary Channel has acquired Black Nation as part its slate of Black History Month programming. The film examines African-American life on the streets of Detroit, along with featuring the city’s controversial church Shrine of the Black Madonna. Black …

LONDON: The BBC-Showtime co-production Episodes, featuring Friends star Matt LeBlanc, has been sold by Hat Trick International into 186 countries worldwide. Episodes comes from the writing partnership of Friends co-creator David Crane and Mad About You co-producer Jeffrey Klarik. The …

  NEW YORK: Rachel Low, the VP of factual entertainment at Shaftesbury Films, reveals in this video interview how the recently launched Shaftesbury Factual division will work to produce series across a broad range of nonscripted genres. In September of last …

PARIS: MIPTV this April will feature a spotlight on 3D TV, produced in partnership with Sony Corporation, with a view to helping producers "understand the full potential of 3D content and facilitate meetings with buyers," Laurine Garaude, Reed MIDEM’s television director, …

BUENOS AIRES: Telefe International presented titles such as The One and A Year to Remember at NATPE, where the company landed a number of new agreements from its catalogue. The telenovela The One stars Montecristo‘s Pablo Echarri and Paola Krum. …

With its signature opening featuring a huge crashing wave and an unforgettable theme song, Hawaii Five-O premiered on CBS in 1968 and quickly became a hit. The series, which ran 12 years, told the crime-solving stories of a special state …

NEW YORK: A new PwC report reveals that consumers who admit to pirating content are willing to pay for programming if they can access it closer to the original release date, but don’t want to spend more than $3 to download …

ST. JOHN’S: Canada’s Best Boy Entertainment has established separate interactive and international content divisions with the creation of Best Boy Media and Best Boy International, respectively. Best Boy International (BBI) will market Best Boy products to broadcasters on the global …