World Screen

BURBANK: The dramas Switched at Birth and The Nine Lives of Chloe King and the comedy The Great State of Georgia are the newest original series to join ABC Family. The one-hour scripted drama Switched at Birth tells the story …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of World Screen.   Since its launch in 1995, the Australian pay-TV platform FOXTEL has remained firmly committed to providing its subscribers choice and constant innovation. As a result, it has …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of TV Middle East and Africa.   After YES, Israel’s DBS satellite TV service, began broadcasting in 2000, the rules of the game changed. Within four years, the country’s three …

The move to Miami has proved to be a positive one for NATPE, which had some 4,500 registered attendees for this year’s event. Up 22 percent over 2010, the 48th edition of the annual content market had the Fontainebleau abuzz, …

Multi-genre distributor Beyond Distribution has found that factual and factual-entertainment content has great appeal to buyers. For the first time in 25 years, the Australian Army has allowed unique access to the highly secretive training operations of the SAS. The …

TV Kids Weekly spoke to a range of distributors to find out what are some of the newest and hottest kids’ properties on offer in Miami. Slowly but surely, it appears that the children’s television business is pulling out of …

Ahead of NATPE, Sparks Network’s president, Nicola Söderlund, tells TV Formats Weekly about the company’s plans for expansion in Latin America, Asia and other developing markets. Early last month, Sparks Network made two key moves to expand its reach in …

TORONTO: Proper Television is shooting 80 new episodes of Come Dine with Me Canada for W Network, increasing the series total to 120 half-hour shows. The series is produced by Proper Television in association with W Network and is based …

LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International has set up a development fund for new factual productions, covering a number of genres. Maartje Horchner, the head of acquisitions at ALL3MEDIA, said, “We are looking to establish partnerships with a diverse range of new and …

VANCOUVER: Paperny Films is to begin production on season two of the docusoap Dussault Inc. for Rogers Media Television to air on Biography and Citytv. Season two follows entrepreneur Jason Dussault of Dussault Apparel, Inc. and his family as they …