World Screen

HONG KONG: Celestial Pictures has renewed the exclusive carriage of Celestial Movies Asia with now TV. The channel features blockbuster movies from across Asia. With the carriage renewal, CMA will add more first-run exclusive titles from Hong Kong to its …

LONDON: Sony Pictures Television’s (SPT) magazine talk show The Dr. Oz Show has been commissioned for a local treatment by Zhejiang TV in China. The Chinese show is being produced by Huaso, a joint venture production company between SPT and …

Thomas Vitale, Executive VP, Programming How do you schedule the channel from morning through late night, Monday through Sunday? Chiller is a young channel in a growth phase and growing quickly. Monday through Friday we show movies in prime time. …

NORWALK: CABLEready has landed sales for more than 100 hours of programming to a number of broadcasters, including NBC Latin America and Channel Five. Questar took on the U.S. DVD rights to Karma Trekkers, while Red Bull went for Epic Conditions. …

LONDON: Endemol has acquired the 26×30-minute 3D animated children’s series Matt Hatter Chronicles, which has already landed a number of presales. Endemol entered into a deal with Platinum Films for the broadcast and worldwide ancillary right for the series. Matt …

SYDNEY: FOXTEL has added to its suite of channels with four new HD offerings as well as Australia’s first dedicated 3D service, launching November 1. The new channels include Speed, dedicated to motosports;  MTV Hits, with round-the-clock music; and MTVN Live, …

BURBANK: ABC won the opening night of the 2010-11 TV season in total viewers and adults 18 to 49, with 17.7 million viewers, followed by CBS in second place with 11.9 million viewers. ABC posted its most-watched season premiere Monday …

NEW YORK/TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has been named the international distributor for the highly anticipated drama The Walking Dead by Fox International Channels (FIC). Earlier this summer, FIC picked up all international rights for the project, in all international markets …

LOS ANGELES: After airing just one episode of Boardwalk Empire, which averaged 4.8 million viewers, HBO has renewed the show for a second season. The Sunday debut of Boardwalk Empire scored HBO’s largest premiere audience of any program in more than …

LOS ANGELES: Engine Entertainment has entered into a partnership with Twentieth Television and QED International for the new U.S. syndicated series Pt Dume, from Baywatch creator Gregory Bonann. Engine will handle the worldwide distribution outside of the U.S., and will …