World Screen

LONDON: A host of Latin American broadcasters have signed up for kids’ programing from MTV Networks International (MTVNI), which also scored new deals and renewals for its animated comedy Penguins of Madagascar.  Ecuavisa in Ecuador renewed Rugrats for seasons on …

NEW YORK: AETN International has signed output deals for its slate of Lifetime original movies with TF1 in France and Antena 3 in Spain. The current slate includes five titles: Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy, He Loves Me, …

LONDON: Channel 4’s 4Rights has secured a volume deal with Irish commercial broadcaster TV3 for more than 150 hours of Come Dine with Me.  TV3 acquired seasons one through six of the show, plus the peak series and eight celebrity …

LONDON: Zodiak Rights continues to notch up deals on the format Wife Swap, with Sony’s SET channel in India and CTC Network in Russia as the latest broadcasters to adapt the show.  UTV in India will produce a minimum run …

LONDON: Syfy in the U.K. has entered into a deal for the exclusive broadcast rights to the British Association of Mixed Martial Arts (BAMMA), marking the channel’s foray into live event programming.  Syfy picked up the U.K. broadcast rights to …

HONG KONG: Turner Broadcasting System International is teaming up with TNT to bring the highly anticipated Steven Spielberg series Falling Skies, which debuts in June, to the international market.    From DreamWorks Television, Falling Skies stars Noah Wyle (ER), along with …

MIAMI: Venevision International has inked a deal to represent on the worldwide market the clips library owned by RMG News, consisting of more than 400 hours of footage, from high-speed pursuits and shootouts to cliff rescues and brush fires. “With …

MIAMI: Chinese state broadcaster CCTV has been at NATPE this week highlighting its slate of international channels, which are available in six languages. For international viewers, CCTV operates an English-language news channel, CCTV News; a Spanish-language network, CCTV-Español; and a new doc service, …

MAINZ: Markus Schächter, director general of ZDF, will step down at the end of his term in March 2012. Schächter’s term as head of the German public broadcaster ends March 14, 2012. The search for a successor will begin soon, …

LONDON: Karl Woolley has been tapped to head up the children’s production division at Impossible Pictures, overseeing a slate that currently includes commissions for CBeebies and CITV. Woolley has worked in children’s television as a presenter, writer, producer and director, …