World Screen

TORONTO: The Banff World Television Festival has been renamed as the Banff World Media Festival, dropping TV from its title to reflect the evolution of the content market. "This is an important step for the Festival, reflecting both the changing …

PASADENA: Characters from the ABC daytime soap All My Children and the TV Land original Hot In Cleveland are to cross-over and guest star on each other’s shows, continuing a story line established last season. The story revolves around Wendie …

LAS VEGAS: Set to launch early this year in the U.S., the fully programmed general-entertainment 3D channel from Sony Corporation, Discovery Communications and IMAX, 3net, has a slate of original series and partner program acquisitions already in place. The official …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment International has entered into an exclusive toy licensing agreement with U.K.-based Mookie Toys for the 3D animated series The Jungle Book. The Jungle Book merchandising is represented in the U.K. by Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG). Through …

SINGAPORE: SPE Networks — Asia has taken on representation for ad sales and certain channel services for the Taiwanese local Chinese-language network LS Time Movie. SPE Networks — Asia is responsible for LS Time Movie’s advertising sales, certain technical services, …

SÃO PAULO: Written in the Stars is a new original telenovela from Globo TV International that tells a 21st-century Cinderella story. The telenovela recorded an average of nearly 24 million viewers per minute with its debut in Brazil. It tells …

HONG KONG: Celestial Pictures is expanding into Taiwan, tapping Jeffrey Soong to lead the new operation. Celestial has opened a Taiwan office with a focus to expand the distribution of its channels, develop film and TV series co-productions, explore new …

SANTA MONICA: Six new series are set to premiere on VH1 in March and April, among them is a new show from Mark Burnett that features the real-life exploits of The Hills star Audrina Patridge. Audrina will feature the Dancing …

LOS ANGELES: The newest docu-series from Ryan Seacrest Productions is The Dance Scene (working title), which will debut on E! on April 10 as a weekly half-hour show. The eight-episode series follows choreographer and creative director Laurieann Gibson, whose talent …

CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES: MGM and Weigel Broadcasting Co. have planned a national launch for Me-TV, a new TV network offering classic sitcoms, dramas and classic commercials and targeted for stations’ multicast channels. Me-TV (Memorable Entertainment Television) has been airing with a …