World Screen

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of TV Real.    The makers of wildlife documentaries always face challenges—mainly how to come up with new stories and new ways to tell old stories. Sometimes that means years …

Digital media may have radically transformed how we access and interact with content on a daily basis. But a new report from Deloitte indicates that despite all the dramatic changes of the last few years, the traditional TV advertising model …

TV Real Weekly speaks with Richard Bradley about Lion Television’s series East to West: The Untold Story of Civilization. For centuries there has been a rift between the West and the Arab world, a rift which, since the terrorist attacks …

VINCENNES: Gaumont-Alphanim is partnering with the Italian outfit Calidra and the Pagot family for a new series based on the popular Calimero character. The exclusive pact will see the little black chicken, half enclosed in its shell, being animated in CGI …

TV Formats Weekly checks in on the titles making headlines in the world’s biggest television market. Scripted formats appear to have come of age in the U.S. TV market, with three high-profile adaptations of British shows having launched within days …

LOS ANGELES: Simon Cowell, Sony Music, FremantleMedia North America and FOX have lined up a record-breaking $5 million record deal for the winner of the highly anticipated singing competition The X Factor in the U.S. This marks the largest guaranteed …

COPENHAGEN: Martin Abildgaard has been tapped to lead the development of TV formats aimed at the international market for Strix Denmark as its creative director. He previously served as the head of development/executive producer at Mastiff, TV2 and Strix Television. …

PARIS: Rodolphe Belmer, COO of Canal+, and David Frank, CEO of the Zodiak Media Group, will each deliver a keynote address on the first day of MIPTV. Belmer’s and Frank’s sessions on April 4 will kickoff the 2011 Producers Forum, …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has named Alyssa Cooper Sapire as VP of programming for children and family entertainment. She will be reporting to Bob Higgins, the senior VP of children and family entertainment, and the two will work closely to expand …

CYPRESS/MADRID: A U.S. TV advertising campaign for the property Pocoyo has been developed by brand owner Zinkia Entertainment and U.S. master toy partner Bandai America to air throughout February across channels such as E!, OWN, Oxygen, Bravo, TLC and others. …