World Screen

HOLLYWOOD: Glee racked up the most nominations in the television categories for this year’s Golden Globe Awards, followed by an eight-way tie for second between contenders such as Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Dexter, The Good Wife, Mad Men and Modern …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2010 issue of TV Europe.   Portugal, Italy, Ireland, Greece and Spain grapple with the euro zone debt crisis.   Riots in the street. Plummeting financial markets. Emergency meetings among top European …

ORIGIN: The TV show is based on the classic children’s novel Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, which has been translated into more than 220 languages and sold more than 135 million copies. For several years, Olivier d’Agay, Antoine …

PREMIUM: Stephen Fry talks in depth about the value of language, a subject of great personal interest to him as well as the focus of his new five-part series for the BBC, Planet Word.   WS: Tell us about your …

TORONTO: Hundreds of new titles are joining the offerings that Canadian Netflix members can watch instantly on their computers and TVs, through additional deals signed with CBC and FremantleMedia Enterprises. Agreements were also extended with New Video, Maple Pictures and …

SÃO PAULO: Continuing to grow its presence in Asia, Globo TV International has firmed up a new agreement in Indonesia, on India: A Love Story. The drama, by Gloria Perez, who is also behind The Clone, is set to air …

KUALA LUMPUR: Animasia Studio, a MSC Malaysia company, clinched a European distribution deal for its series ABC Monsters at the Asia TV Forum last week, as well as an Asian home-entertainment agreement on the 26×22-minute show. Spain’s Neptuno Films will represent the show in …

LONDON: A number of international sales have been concluded on An Idiot Abroad by Mentorn International, which recently scored a U.S. slot for the show. "Mentorn International is distributing An Idiot Abroad worldwide and we are delighted to have concluded …

JOHANNESBURG: CAfrica Sports has inked a deal with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to carry weekly games and original programming in sub-Saharan Africa. CAfrica Sports will televise one NBA game of the week on Thursday, events like NBA All-Star and …

EDINBURGH: Louise Benson is to become the new director of the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF). Benson joins from Emap Networks, where she was media events director. She was also the event director of the World Architecture Festival. Benson …