World Screen

MUNICH: TVNorge is to air a second season of Culture Shock: Norway, a format sold by SevenOne International, for its fall 2011 schedule.  The show stands as the most watched program on TVNorge so far this year. The weekly prime-time …

CANNES: The nominees for the 38th annual International Emmy Awards have been announced by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, with the winners to be named at a ceremony in New York City on November 22 hosted by …

CANNES: At a press conference this morning, TV Globo and TV Azteca unveiled their novela co-production Between Love and Desire, based on a classic Brazilian novela and produced at Azteca Novela Studios in Mexico. The two companies presented a trailer of the new …

CANNES: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) is working to establish a next-generation model for the creative development, acquisition, production and distribution of content in the children’s and family entertainment arena, and has a number of deals and partnerships in place.  My Babysitter …

HYDERABAD/CANNES: DQ Entertainment has lined up ZDF Enterprises as a co-production partner on its stereoscopic 3D animated series The New Adventures of Peter Pan, which was screened at an event in Cannes yesterday. The 26×30-minute show is being produced in association …

CANNES: Endemol Worldwide Distribution has signed a deal with BSkyB in the U.K. for the hit comedy Hot in Cleveland, which airs on TV Land in the U.S. and has been picked up in territories such as Canada and Australia.  …

SINGAPORE: The new six-part series Asia’s Wild Treasures is a collaboration between Germany’s EIKON Media and Wilde Bilder Fernsehproduktion and Singapore’s Oak3 Films, in co-production with NDR Hamburg and in cooperation with ARTE for France and Germany and the Media …

CANNES: A slate of dramas and comedies from HBO have been picked up by BBC Worldwide Channels for broadcast on BBC Entertainment and BBC Knowledge in Africa. BBC Entertainment opted for Capturing Mary, directed by acclaimed British playwright, director and scriptwriter Stephen Poliakoff; The Affair, …

Today marks the final day of Brand Licensing Europe (BLE), which kicked off Tuesday with a new expanded three-day format. The extension of the event was a direct response to what exhibitors and visitors had been asking for, says Jessica …

In the last of a series of articles on MIPCOM’s Producers’ Forum—organized in association with World Screen—we look at the Formats Superpanel on Monday, October 4, at noon in Conference Room Esterel, Level 5. MIPCOM and World Screen have lined …