World Screen

NEW YORK: Nickelodeon has picked up the TV rights for Rainbow’s Winx Club for the U.S., along with the pay-TV rights for Latin America, Canada, the U.K., Australia, New Zealand and Benelux. This brings to Nickelodeon the existing Winx Club …

LOS ANGELES: Lucy Liu has signed on to narrate the new Showtime documentary Redlight, which exposes the horrors of the illegal sex trade market in Southeast Asia. The doc is slated to air on September 9 at 8 p.m., corresponding …

LONDON: Pulse Films, producer of the hit show Pineapple Dance Studios, has tapped ITV Studios Global Entertainment to handle the international distribution for Showbusiness, a new scripted reality dance series. Showbusiness, produced by Pulse Films for Sky One, features many of …

NEW YORK: Syfy is re-teaming with writer and director Nick Willing on Neverland, his original prequel to the classic Peter Pan, to air as a four-hour movie event in 2011. Neverland will be produced by Parallel Films on behalf of …

PARIS: First-half revenues at Vivendi gained 6.1 percent to 14 billion euros, with adjusted net profit up 4 percent to 1.5 billion euros. “Vivendi is back to growth in the first half of 2010 and improves its full year outlook," …

HONG KONG: Fox International Channels (FIC) has appointed Edwina Ngao as VP and territory head for Mainland China and Byrd Bunnag as territory head for Thailand. Ngao will lead Chinese expansion for FIC, growing its channel portfolio, distribution network, advertising …

NEW YORK: Following its launch in Singapore on StarHub, Scripps Networks International’s Food Network Asia rolls out today in Taiwan on DTH operator DishHD. The channel includes U.S. productions such as Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, Chef Luke Nguyen’s Vietnam and Extreme Cuisine with Jeff …

LONDON: Genevieve Dexter has sold her majority stake in U.K.-based kids’ outfit CAKE Entertainment to co-director Tom van Waveren following a three-year partnership. The parting is on amicable terms, CAKE said in a statement today. “It’s been a very successful enterprise and …

DALLAS/STUDIO CITY: Unable to come to terms on a carriage renewal, AT&T U-verse has dropped Crown Media’s Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movie Channel from its lineup. In the place of the two channels, U-verse is offering Turner Classic Movies and a …

LONDON: Lara El Haddad is to replace Endemol’s outgoing managing director in the Middle East, Ziad Kebbi, who stepped down in August. Haddad will be tasked with reviewing the company’s business in the Middle East and planning for a new …