World Screen

LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has landed agreements for Nickelodeon preschool programming in Kazakhstan and Afghanistan, including the launch of the first ever Nick Jr. branded block worldwide. Starting in November, Nickelodeon animated preschool programming will be localized for broadcast …

SILVER SPRING: Programming about action sports, travel and "toys for big boys" are on the slate for Discovery HD in 2011. ON THE RECORD: BOB SCANLON, VP, PRODUCTION How do you schedule the channel from morning through late night, Monday …

BURBANK: Following on the success of Dancing with the Stars, ABC has slated a new celebrity competition series from BBC Worldwide Productions, Skating with the Stars. The show will watch as celebrities are paired up with world-class ice skaters. The couples …

ISTANBUL: The Island, produced by Television Enterprises (TVE) and sold by Global Agency, made its debut on Mega TV in Greece, with its first episode scoring an average market share of 61.7 percent, with a peak of 73 percent for …

SYDNEY: ABC1 is to launch a new weekly sports quiz show, The Trophy Room, debuting December 8. The half-hour prime-time series will feature a range of celebrity sports heroes, comedians and performers. The show features sports chat and trivia, combined …

LONDON: Increasing its shares by a further 51 percent, FremantleMedia is now a majority holder in the casual video games company Ludia. The purchase will bring FremantleMedia’s share in Ludia to 80 percent. The deal is expected to close before …

WASHINGTON: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) and PBS have been awarded a Ready to Learn grant of nearly $72 million from the U.S. Department of Education’s office of innovation and technology, to fund transmedia content aimed at improving math and …

LONDON: UKTV and ITV Studios Global Entertainment are co-funding a fourth season of Shaftesbury’s hit crime drama Murdoch Mysteries, to air on Alibi starting February 2011. The 13×1-hour new season will premiere exclusively in the U.K. on UKTV’s Alibi. ITV Studios …

LONDON: UKTV’s Alibi has picked up the exclusive pay-TV rights to the ABC Studios forensic crime drama Body of Proof, starring Dana Delany. The 13×1-hour series will be featured as part of Alibi’s first quarter schedule for 2011. The show …

BETHPAGE: Subscribers to cable platform Cablevision could lose access to the FOX network, as well as several News Corporation cable networks, as of midnight tonight, if the two companies are unable to come to terms on a new agreement. Cablevision …