World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime Television is gearing up to roll out its own version of Studio Lambert’s The Fairy Jobmother next month, following host Hayley Taylor as she helps the unemployed get back to work. Lifetime will sneak peek the first of …

LOS ANGELES: A California District Court has awarded Celador International $50 million in prejudgment interest, in addition to the previously awarded $269.4 million in damages in its case against The Walt Disney Company. Judge Virginia A. Phillips of the United …

TORONTO: Production is under way on a Canadian version of the hit show American Pickers, with a 13×1-hour local treatment to premiere in spring 2011 on History Television. Canadian Pickers follows Sheldon Smithens, an antiques dealer and auctioneer, and his …

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment has secured a deal in Israel for The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That!, which recently debuted on Canada’s Treehouse. The show, based on the classic Dr. Seuss stories, is to air on HOP! …

LOS ANGELES: Engine Entertainment has notched up new deals for the mixed martial arts Bellator Fighting Championships with broadcasters in Australia, Mexico, France, Finland, Southeast Asia and Africa. Bellator is a style of MMA that allows fighters to control their …

MUMBAI: As the TV.NXT conference on Indian television kicked off in Mumbai today, Media Partners Asia issued a new report on the market, pointing to tremendous revenue potential but highlighting the pressures on profit margins as a result of intense …

LONDON/NEW YORK: Classic Media and Tiger Aspect Productions have established the Tinga Tinga Tales Fund, which will be devoted to enriching the lives of children in Africa, primarily though education. The two companies, co-producers on the series, have agreed to …

CAPE TOWN: The Wild Talk Africa Film Festival, which is to take place from March 28 to 31, 2011, in Cape Town, South Africa, has extended the deadline for ROSCAR Award entries by two weeks, to October 15. The ROSCAR …

LOS ANGELES: American World Pictures (AWP) has signed on to co-produce three science-fiction films with Aaron Gilbert and his Bron Studios. The first of three films, Jabberwocky, is now in preproduction. It tells the story of a young squire who …

When Michelle and Robert King came up with the idea of a wife whose husband is an elected official convicted in a sex and corruption scandal, they crafted an intelligent show that offers a realistic portrayal of women, men and …