World Screen

LOS ANGELES: The Style Network has given a slot to an all-new docu-series focused on Tia and Tamera Mowry, who made their mark as the identical twin stars of the ’90s sitcom Sister, Sister. The new show, Tia & Tamera …

TORONTO: The animation and visual-effects studio Yowza Digital has teamed up with NDi Media to expand the online game Minimops! into the TV market. The preschool property works to engage young players through a range of open-ended, creative activities. Minimops! …

NEW YORK: The new truTV series Big Brian: The Fortune Seller, set to premiere March 22, is centered on estate-sale supervisor Brian Elenson and his team as they liquidate homes in a hurry. Each week, the one-hour series follows the …

LOS ANGELES: The latest addition to the OWN Documentary Film Club is Miss Representation, which spotlights some of the most influential women in politics, news and entertainment. The doc, directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, is the 11th acquisition by OWN …

LAREN/ACCRA: Talpa Media and Modern African Productions have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement for Sub-Saharan Africa, excluding Angola and South Africa. Modern African Productions now holds the exclusive rights to co-produce all of Talpa’s international formats for the African TV …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO: The half-hour Canadian comedy Call Me Fitz, which debuted in fall 2010 on HBO Canada, has found a U.S. home with DIRECTV, via a deal scored by Entertainment One (eOne), Amaze Film + Television and Big Motion Pictures. The …

LOS ANGELES: Nigel Lythgoe has picked up the U.S. rights to co-produce a local version of DRG’s prime-time quiz show Secret Fortune with creators Wild Rover Productions. The Irish outfit Wild Rover has produced a U.K. version of the show, …

NEW YORK: Ken DuBow, the president of Opus Distribution, talks to World Screen about maintaining a lean operation in order to invest in quality programming.   It was during one of the most difficult economic times in history that Ken …

BEVERLY HILLS: Vuguru has hired Carlo Martinelli as VP of development, in an effort to strengthen the independent studio’s web and multiplatform content offerings. Martinelli previously served as a VP at Bona Fide Productions, where he was involved in films …

CULVER CITY: DIRECTV is set to launch 3net, the new 3D network from Sony Corporation, Discovery Communications and IMAX Corporation, on February 13. The service goes live in prime time this Sunday on DIRECTV channel 107 with the one-hour 3D specials China …