World Screen

NEW YORK/MADRID: The Crime & Investigation Network (CI) is launching with a fully localized service in Spain to more than 1.5 million subscribers. The channel will be operated and distributed in Spain by The History Channel Iberia, a joint venture …

TOKYO: Sony’s VOD service powered by Qriocity, delivering movie content directly to network-enabled BRAVIA TV sets, will launch in Japan this month. Video On Demand powered by Qriocity delivers access to movies from NBC Universal International Television Distribution, Paramount Pictures, Sony …

LOS ANGELES: Rive Gauche Television has signed up new broadcasters in Latin America for two of its top shows, Dog Whisperer and Scare Tactics. Dog Whisperer is headed to Brazil’s Sato, Señal Colombia and Mexico’s Televisa. Scare Tactics landed a …

SCOTTSDALE: The number of homes with web-enabled consumer-electronics devices, delivering access to online content portals, will pass 230 million by 2014, according to research from In-Stat. “Consumer adoption of online applications, using web-enabled CE devices, will be regionalized, or in …

SANTA CLARITA: The Romanian format Miss Country Girl is being represented for the international market by Small World IFT. The format, produced by Media Factory, premiered on Prima TV in September 2010. The series has already scored a renewal for …

BOSTON: In honor of the 40th anniversary of the iconic drama series Masterpiece on PBS, a new funding initiative has been launched to ensure the program’s future success. The Masterpiece Trust has already raised more than $200,000, with the goal …

SILVER SPRING: In recognition of National Stalking Awareness Month, Investigation Discovery (ID) is airing Stalked: Someone’s Watching starting January 24. Stalked: Someone’s Watching features six stories of stalking victims and explores the psychology of the people who relentlessly pursued them. Leading …

HONG KONG: Pay-TV platform TVB Pay Vision is launching a new movie network this weekend featuring, among other titles, current and upcoming productions from Shaw Studios. Shaw Studios’s movies will make their exclusive television premieres on the new 24-hour movie channel, TVB …

MILAN: The new animated series from Volleyball champion Andrea Lucchetta, Spike Team, has secured a Sunday morning slot on Rai 2 in Italy. The show is produced by Lucky Dreams and Rai Fiction under the artistic direction of Maurizio Forestieri and …

LOS ANGELES: Writer and executive producer Jeff Kline, whose credits include The Hub’s Transformers: Prime, has signed a four-year development and production deal with Hasbro Studios. Kline previously worked on Jackie Chan Adventures, Men In Black: The Series, Roughnecks: The Starship …