World Screen

LONDON: Initial, Endemol UK’s production arm, has been commissioned to produce a further 24 episodes of Total Wipeout for BBC One. Host Richard Hammond returns along with co-presenter Amanda Byram for a fourth and fifth season. The commission runs as two …

SYDNEY: Through a new deal with Yahoo!7, more than 20 titles from BBC Worldwide Australia are headed to the catch-up service PLUS7. The ongoing deal will see future BBC content air on the service as well, either in catch-up mode following broadcast …

LONDON: Sky Living HD has picked up MGM’s TV drama Teen Wolf, based on the feature film of the same name from the 1980s, to air in the U.K. in 2011. Teen Wolf is produced by, and will also air …

LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International has sold more than 50 hours of programming across multiple genres for broadcast on Sweden’s SVT. The deal includes SVT renewing Midsomer Murders. The 14th installment of the hit detective show will debut later this year with …

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has secured a three-year broadcasting deal in the U.S. for Peppa Pig with Nick Jr. Peppa Pig is slated to make its U.S. debut in early 2011 on Nick Jr. as a scheduled half-hour format. …

LOS ANGELES: TV Guide Network has greenlit its first original reality docu-soap, The Nail Files, from the team behind the mega-hit Jersey Shore. Created and produced by Sally Ann Salsano and 495 Productions, The Nail Files is set in a …

PARIS: French broadcasting group TF1 delivered Q3 revenues of 541 million euros, a 9-percent increase, with advertising revenues reaching 306 million euros. French broadcasting revenues totaled 425 million euros, a 13-percent gain, while audiovisual rights revenues fell 37 percent to …

ROME: Italy’s antitrust authority is launching an investigation into Sky Italia for alleged abuse of its dominant market position in acquiring broadcast rights for the World Cup. The investigation is over the acquisition of exclusive broadcasting rights for the 2010 …

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Lionsgate’s second-quarter revenue rose by 25 percent to $456.3 million, but the independent studio recorded a net loss in the period of $29.7 million, versus the year-ago profit of $31.7 million. Lionsgate spent an additional $59.7 million in marketing …

NEW YORK: Flex View is a new service from Verizon that allows FiOS TV costumers to access on-demand video content on smartphones, tablets and laptops. Customers have on-the-go access to more than 1,400 movie titles, with that number expected to …