World Screen

CANNES: A combined 200 hours of content from across Discovery’s portfolio of networks is to air on third-party European broadcasters through a range of deals secured by Discovery Communications.  In France, an output deal has been secured with TF1’s free …

EL SEGUNDO/LOS ANGELES: DIRECTV has extended its agreement with STAR for carriage of the Indian networks STAR India Plus, STAR One and STAR India News, and has added STAR India Gold to its lineup. The newest addition is a 24-hour Hindi movie network. The …

CANNES: The spy drama Spooks is to air across the CIS and Baltic states through a deal signed between Fox Television and BBC Worldwide, which has sold some 800 hours of programming across Central and Eastern Europe. Fox TV has …

LOS ANGELES: GK-tv’s Camelot has been picked up by Channel 4 in the U.K., with additional sales confirmed in the Netherlands, Israel and pan-Asia. Camelot is the first project offered for international buyers from GK-tv since the company’s launch, less …

CANNES: Multimedia Development Corporation (MDec) has sold the animated kids’ action-adventure series Saladin to Turkey’s ATV.  The series is aimed at 10- to 15-year-olds. It was inspired by the 12th century statesman, who in the series is 18 years old …

CANNES: DQ Entertainment is teaming up with French production company Super Prod and Story Board Animation in association with TF1 for the animated series Lassie and Friends. The 52-episode series is being targeted at kids 5 to 10 for a …

SINGAPORE: The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) is maintaining its stance against Singapore’s new pay-TV policies on cross-carriage of content, arguing that they run contrary to the interests of the island nation’s subscription television market. CASBAA issued its …

SCOTTSDALE: Shipments of 3D TV sets will approach 50 million in 2015, according to ABI Research, which notes that market growth will accelerate beginning in 2013. “The 3D TV market is moving faster than expected,” said industry analyst Michael Inouye. …

LOS ANGELES: The Social Network, David Fincher’s new film about Facebook, has been snapped up by FX. The movie, which stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake, premiered in theaters on October 1, and brought in $23 million in …

CANNES: August Media Holdings has entered into a partnership with animation house Scrawl Studios, after having signed a production deal earlier this week with Classic Media.  The deal with Classic Media is for the development and production of up to …