World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Endemol USA and Foursquare have signed an exclusive development deal to produce an original format that will integrate the mobile check-in service. Foursquare has nearly 5 million users worldwide, with more than 1.5 million check-ins daily, making it …

MUNICH: A Swedish adaptation of The Successor: The Next Uri Geller is headed to Kanal 5 for spring 2011 via a deal signed by SevenOne International. The talent search will be produced by Red Arrow Entertainment Group’s new Nordic production …

NEW YORK: A second season has been slated for the Spike TV original series Auction Hunters, with 20 new episodes ordered. The first season of eight episodes wraps with a season finale on December 21. No date has been announced …

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned Boomerang Plus to produce a new daytime "pop-up dining" show, to be led by Olly Smith. The Secret Supper Club will follow Smith (Saturday Kitchen, Iron Chef UK) around the country as he stages a …

NEW YORK: Stephen Fry discusses his new BBC Two project Planet Word and talks about his passion for working both behind the camera and in front of it.   Last week, the British comedy duo of Stephen Fry and Hugh …

NEW YORK: Barry Diller is relinquishing his CEO post at the Internet company InterActiveCorp (IAC), as Liberty Media, one of the company’s largest shareholders, cashes out its stake. Diller is being replaced by Greg Blatt, formerly the CEO of the …

LONDON: Jana Bennet is leaving her post as director of BBC Vision to join BBC Worldwide as president of worldwide networks and Global iPlayer. Effective February 2011, Bennett will be responsible for BBC Worldwide’s branded channels—BBC Entertainment, BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle, CBeebies and …

LONDON: Consumers in the U.K. are among the earliest adopters of new communications technologies, according to new research from Ofcom. Ofcom’s fifth International Communications Market report into the global communications market looks at takeup, availability and use of broadband, landlines, …

PREMIUM: The television advertising business worldwide is in much better shape than was thought only a few months ago, according to figures due to be released shortly. The new annual advertising forecasts from the WPP conglomerate are due out next …

TORONTO: Wizard Hat Productions, the new family entertainment company set up by Pam Slavin, Toni Stevens and Bill Fox, is in the works on a CGI-animated series based on the award-winning Grim Hill books. The popular five-book series follows as …