World Screen

LONDON: Turner Broadcasting has picked up the rights for four properties from Hasbro Studios, including Transformers Prime, for the U.K., Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and the Middle East. The agreement, which also covers The Adventures of Chuck and Friends, Pound …

CULVER CITY: Six new titles have been added to the programming slate of the soon-to-launch 3D network from Sony Corporation, Discovery Communications and IMAX Corporation. Produced in native 3D, the series are both originals and acquired fare. In the way …

SCOTTSDALE: Double-digit declines in annual retail sales of DVDs are expected for the next few years, reports In-Stat, as paid video downloads and streaming revenues rise from $2.3 billion in 2009 to $6.3 billion in 2014. In that same period, …

WARSAW: The Chello Central European lifestyle and entertainment channel Zone Club in Poland is to become Club TV as of December 27. The modern refreshed look is targeted at young cosmopolitan Polish women. The new programming lineup will Judging Amy, …

TEL-AVIV: Dori Media Group has scored a pickup for the second season of Split by Turner Broadcasting System Latin America for Boomerang. Boomerang now holds the rights to air 45 episodes of the half-hour series in territories such as Brazil, …

NEW YORK: RHI Entertainment has filed a prepackaged Chapter 11 reorganization plan in a New York court, reducing its debt by $309 million. The recapitalization will also lower interest costs, extend maturities and increase liquidity, the company said. RHI has also entered into …

WARSAW: DRTV of Denmark has acquired two productions from Poland’s TVN Group, the crime series Insiders and the mystery Marked. Insiders (Odwróceni) is a 13×1-hour crime series that goes inside the inner-workings of the Polish mafia. It is based on …

SILVER SPRING: The town of Parshall, North Dakota, takes center stage in the new Planet Green docu-series Boomtown, which tells the story of the small community’s struggle with a sudden oil boom. The case study looks at how the domestic …

STOCKHOLM/HONG KONG: Gary Pudney is to head up Sparks Network Asia, tasked with expanding the company’s membership base throughout the region. Pudney will support current members in the Asia Pacific as well. He will be scouting for third-party properties, along …

ATLANTA: TNT’s The Closer will air in its seventh and final season in 2011, reaching its 100th episode. The series is produced for TNT by The Shephard/Robin Company in association with Warner Bros. Television. Production on the 15-episode final season …