World Screen

CANNES: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has entered into an exclusive multi-year deal with BASE Productions for the worldwide rights, outside the U.S., to a slate of formats and series. The first series as part of the new deal is BASE’s …

SANTA MONICA: Moving Pictures Film & TV has picked up the international rights to the family-friendly movie First Dog, and in a separate deal sold the rights to the second season of Moving Pictures Live in Latin America and the …

CANNES: Sarah Jessica Parker is at MIPCOM to launch the new show Work of Art: The Next Great Artist with FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME). Magical Elves, the team behind the hits Top Chef and Project Runway, produces the series alongside Parker …

CANNES: CBBC has picked up the rights to air 26 half-hour episodes of Prank Patrol Australia from MarVista Entertainment, following the success of its own version of the kids’ format. Season one of the show is currently airing on ABC 3 …

CANNES: Fireworks International has licensed to ABC TV in Australia the detective drama Republic of Doyle and the multiplatform thriller Girl Number 9. The Australian pubcaster opted for season one of Republic of Doyle, the CBC Canada drama that was recently renewed for …

NEW YORK: U.S. cable network Syfy has ordered a third season of Warehouse 13, which recently wrapped its second season with an average of 3.4 million viewers. Returning in 2011, the show has been Syfy’s third most-watched series of 2010. …

SINGAPORE: A new output deal between CBS Studios International and SPE Networks – Asia brings Hawaii Five-0 and Blue Bloods, among others, to the region. The pact covers a range of drama series and reality shows for broadcast on AXN, AXN …

CANNES: Two Malaysian content companies have sealed co-production partnerships at MIPCOM, the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) has announced. Animasia Studio is working with Hong Kong’s Agogo International and Spain’s Neptuno Films on the 2D animated action adventure series Kung Fu …

CANNES: Jon Feltheimer, co-chairman and CEO of Lionsgate, discussed how the independent studio is embracing new business models in his MIPCOM keynote today, which was followed by a Q&A session with Anna Carugati, the group editorial director of World Screen. …

NEW YORK/MEXICO CITY: Mexican media giant Grupo Televisa has invested $1.2 billion in Univision Communications for a minority stake, while also expanding its long-term program licensing agreement with the Hispanic broadcaster. In addition to its $1.2 billion investment, Televisa will …