World Screen

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International has entered into a deal with Chello Zone for programming to air on China’s CCTV. The deal includes the series Woman, which follows the professional and personal lives of two very different doctors working in …

CANNES: World Screen Newsflash offers up a review of the key highlights at MIPCOM, which ended today in Cannes. The volcanic ash that disrupted MIPTV was a distant memory as 12,400 executives descended upon Cannes this week for MIPCOM. With …

CANNES: Reed MIDEM announced this morning that attendance at the market is up to 12,400, with a 4-percent increase in buyers to 4,200, and also revealed plans for a new forum at MIPTV, in association with GSMA, organizers of the Mobile …

CANNES/SYDNEY: BBC’s Natural History Unit has a number of titles that have sold to Nine Network in Australia, including Frozen Planet, narrated by David Attenborough.  Frozen Planet is the latest offering from the BBC’s new natural history portfolio BBC Earth. The …

TORONTO: Kevin Crull joins CTVglobemedia as COO on January 1, 2011, and is due to become president of CTV once Bell’s acquisition of the Canadian broadcaster is complete. “Kevin Crull has a great reputation as a seasoned executive leader and innovator …

CANNES: Grandpa In My Pocket and dirtgirlworld have been picked up for broadcast on CBeebies global feeds through an agreement with DHX Media.  The first three seasons of Grandpa In My Pocket will air for the first time in Africa, …

TOKYO/WASHINGTON, D.C.: The text for the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been made public, as some 40 countries across North America, Asia and Europe look to battle the global trade in pirated goods. The release of the proposals followed …

CANNES: A slew of series from the crime genre, along with high-quality romance titles, factual programming and kids’ fare, from ZDF Enterprises have found demand from the international market. KDD sold to Latin America, Canada, the U.S. and Portuguese-speaking countries through …

CANNES: MGM Worldwide Networks is launching MGM HD in Spain, to be broadcast in Castilian.  The SD version of MGM Channel has been airing in the country in the six years since it was launched. Distributed to platforms through a strategic alliance …

CANNES: MGM Networks Latin America has inked a deal to air TV Azteca’s action series Drowning City (Drenaje Profundo), which is being represented worldwide by Comarex.   The MGM Channel is scheduled to premiere the show in prime time in Q1 2011 …