World Screen

BARCELONA: Imira Entertainment has signed a deal with Spain’s Canal Sur for the children’s shows Planet Grabo and Corneil & Bernie. Canal Sur, part of Forta’s public broadcasting network, went for 26 13-minute episodes of Planet Grabo, aimed at 8- …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channels International has picked up the kids’ invention series Think Big from Breakthrough Entertainment, and will air the first two seasons on the network’s Turkish feed starting in October. Think Big follows top kid inventors, ages …

SANTA MONICA: A new home-entertainment distribution deal secured by Lionsgate with Jane Fonda covers the DVD, digital and international rights to the fitness icon’s new line of workouts. Fonda’s new line of workouts geared toward the baby boomers who are …

TEL AVIV: Armoza Formats game show Upgrade has been slated for a 48-episode run this winter on TV2 in Norway. TV2 has commissioned a full season of daily Upgrade episodes to be produced by Strix, the rights-holder to Armoza’s format …

SÃO PAULO: TV Globo has unveiled its new co-production, Lacos de Sangue, which was done in partnership with Portugal’s SIC. This marks the first time that SIC and TV Globo have signed a co-production agreement in the area of fiction. …

NEW YORK: The number of Hispanic TV homes will rise by some 3.07 percent to reach 13.35 million in the 2010-2011 season, according to Nielsen. Nielsen notes that 40 percent of new U.S. TV homes will be Hispanic households. The gains outpace …

LONDON: Cineflix International Distribution has sold more than 160 hours of programming to German broadcasters within the last six months. Discovery Networks Deutschland has taken on seasons one and two of Border Security. The program spotlights Australia’s front line in …

NEW YORK: AETN International has firmed up multiple sales and format options on the series Intervention, Obsessed and Hoarders. Intervention has been licensed to TV4 in Sweden and has been renewed by Canwest in Canada. AETN has secured a number …

HONG KONG: ITV Studios Global Entertainment is to launch the general-entertainment channel Granada TV on PCCW’s now TV in Hong Kong. Granada TV offers dramas, comedy, reality and talk and entertainment shows, drawing on the resources of the ITV Studios catalogue. Shows …

LONDON: The stars of the hit show Hot in Cleveland—Valerie Bertinelli, Jane Leeves and Wendie Malick—will be attending MIPCOM as guests of Endemol Worldwide Distribution.  The show launched in June in the U.S. of TV Land and has become an …