World Screen

MONTREAL: Muse Entertainment and Gaumont have started principal photography on a back-door pilot for the series Jack of Diamonds, which will be distributed by ZDF Enterprises. Jack of Diamonds follows as a master jewel thief teams up with a young …

NEW YORK: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) is now accepting submissions for the 2011 International Digital Emmy Awards. This is the sixth year that the International Academy is recognizing excellence in content created and designed for …

PARIS/COPENHAGEN: Banijay International has scored a commission for My Parents Are Gonna Love You with the Netherlands’ NET 5. The hidden-camera format sees singles pulling a prank on their parents as they bring home a celebrity and play it off …

NEW YORK: While consumers are definitely interested in the prospect of 3D TV, there are concerns about the costs associated with new TV sets, the need for 3D glasses and the limited availability of 3D content, reports The Nielsen Company in …

LONDON: In its first distribution deal with Love Productions, Passion Distribution has picked up the two-part Underage and Having Sex, which provides a look into the sex lives of teens today. The two hour-long films aired on Channel 4 in …

NEW YORK: Home Box Office (HBO) and Verizon have signed a deal to bring FiOS TV customers Cinemax programming online with MaxGo.com. MaxGo.com is an online video destination with more than 700 hours of Cinemax programming monthly. The service is …

HOLLYWOOD: Production has begun on a second season of the hit CG-animated preschool series Dinosaur Train from The Jim Henson Company. A further 26 half-hour episodes are in the works. The new season is slated to premiere in fall 2011 …

HONG KONG: Celestial Pictures has appointed Gillian Zhao Fang as the managing director for China, to be based in Beijing. Fang is responsible for growing all of Celestial’s business lines in mainland China, including channel distribution, content licensing and film …

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has a new movie project in the works, The Signs of Living, which the company will introduce at this year’s Toronto Film Festival. The Signs of Living is a drama about the tangled relationships that affect all …

LONDON: The game show Cash Cab, from the ALL3MEDIA International catalogue, has landed an order from Jamaica’s Real Jam, bringing the total number of episodes now commissioned around the world to more than 4,500. Cash Cab is reaching its 100th …