World Screen

TORONTO: DHX Media has sold three seasons of its teen live-action comedy The Latest Buzz into the U.S. market, scoring a pickup from Starz. The 62×22-minute sitcom follows five 14-year-old writers who work at a youth magazine during their eighth …

LONDON: The entertainment format IF has been sold by Banijay International to pan-regional Middle East broadcaster MBC, which will air 20 hour-long local episodes produced by In Media Plus. IF confronts its guest stars with a series of rapid-fire questions …

TORONTO: A number of top executives at CTV are exiting the company, ahead of a regulatory decision on the proposed takeover of the Canadian free-to-air broadcaster by telecom giant BCE Inc. Exiting the company are Susanne Boyce, president of creative, …

PREMIUM: David Ellender, the global CEO of FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME), sat down with World Screen to talk about buzz-worthy programming, big-name talent and the growing importance of social-networking sites. WS: What recent FME titles are creating a buzz in the …

NEW YORK: Three new pilots are in the works for TV Land, with casting that includes Fran Drescher, Rita Moreno, Sherri Shepherd and Donald Faison. Based on Drescher’s (The Nanny) real life, Happily Divorced centers on how Drescher deals with …

BURBANK: With Q1 revenues up 10 percent to $10.7 billion, The Walt Disney Company recorded a net profit for the period of $1.3 billion, a 54-percent hike on first quarter 2010. “We had an excellent first quarter, driven by strong …

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Networks International (DNI) has six new series in production for TLC International, spanning genres such as weddings, parenting and game shows. From DNI’s newly created international production and development unit, the new programs features non-scripted and scripted …

TORONTO/LONDON: British outfit Impossible Pictures is aligning with Entertainment One (eOne) for a six-part World War II documentary series that will air on Channel 4, History Television Canada and UKTV, with worldwide distribution outside the U.K. and Canada to be handled …

NEW YORK: After having served as host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC for the past eight years, the eponymous political commentator is headed to Current TV to front a new nightly prime-time news show, which he will also …

PARIS: The Chinese version of Camera Café, a format from Mindshare in association with Nestlé, has made its way across Asia, including a successful launch in China. The Philippines first adapted the French format, followed by Vietnam and China, which …