World Screen

NEW YORK: WE tv, which has refreshed its brand position, touting the new tagline "Life as WE know it," has ordered a pair of original series for its 2011 slate, including one featuring singer-songwriter Toni Braxton. Braxton Family Values, debuting …

MIAMI: The Telemundo Internacional and Globo TV International co-production The Clone has made its debut in Hungary, airing on Story TV. The novela has been sold into more than 12 countries, including Spain, Japan, Mexico, Poland and Croatia. The Clone …

PASADENA: The Spike TV original series Coal, from Thom Beers’ Original Productions, will delve into one of the world’s most dangerous professions, coal mining. The ten-episode series, slated to launch March 30, explores coal mining through the eyes of Mike Crowder …

BURBANK: Robin Agranoff has been promoted to VP of programming at Disney Channels, while continuing her current responsibilities for programming planning and scheduling at the flagship Disney Channel, Playhouse Disney and ABC Kids. Agranoff joined Disney Channel in 2005 as …

LOS ANGELES: Toei Animation has sold the anime series Dragon Ball Kai: Freeze Saga to Cartoon Network Latin America, which also renewed Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT. The network picked up 55 half-hour episodes of the …

LOS ANGELES: Khloé Kardashian and her husband, basketball star Lamar Odom, are the focus of a new reality series on E!, with Ryan Seacrest Productions and Bunim-Murray Productions on board. The couple, who married in 2009, will invite cameras into …

LOS ANGELES: The new series Money Class (working title), created and hosted by financial guru Suze Orman, is set to premiere on OWN this fall. The prime-time series is dedicated to addressing and moving beyond personal decisions that have created …

It was another strong year for the behemoths of the factual industry, as the big three maintained their dominance and expanded with new ventures. National Geographic Channels (NGC) continued to aggressively rollout its bouquet of leading factual networks around the …

LAS VEGAS: The cross-industry consortium Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE)—backed by Hollywood studios such as Lionsgate, Paramount, Sony, Fox, Universal Pictures and Warner Bros.—has unveiled a new technology, dubbed UltraViolet, that paves the way for an open market for digital …

TORONTO: At the upcoming History Makers Summit, Bill Moyers and Simon Schama are scheduled to deliver keynote speeches, addressing the challenges and opportunities facing factual broadcasting today. Moyers has been in broadcast journalism for more than 40 years. With his …