World Screen

MEXICO CITY: TV Azteca is presenting 13 Formas de Amar a mi Mexico, a collection of 13 short films focused on Mexico’s Bicentennial of Independence and the Centennial of the Mexican Revolution. Kicking off in September for 13 weeks, TV …

SÃO PAULO: Globo TV International is making its second outing at DISCOP Africa, with a slate of series, documentaries, TV movies, musicals, mini-series and formats to offer. Highlighting the slate is Internal Affairs, which has been sold in countries such …

NEW YORK: After more than 20 years on air, Cristina Saralegui’s El Show de Cristina is ending its run, with Univision to broadcast the series finale on November 1. fter the show’s finale, Cristina will continue to be an active …

NEW YORK: Hallmark Channels has responded to AT&T U-verse’s stance on the current carriage spat, asserting that cable provider is "bullying one of the nation’s last surviving independent cable networks by insisting on unreasonable rates." The dispute threatens Hallmark Channel and …

PARIS: MIP Junior has put out a final call for submissions of animated work to be considered for the Kids’ Jury Award. The Kids’ Jury Award, organized in partnership with Billy Web, is an annual event that lets kids judge …

LOS ANGELES: The final 12 participants have been selected to take part in WESTDOC’s PitchFest 2010, where documentary and reality producers can present new works-in-progress directly to funders and network development executives. WESTDOC takes place September 13 to 15 in …

BEIJING: National Geographic Channel, China International Television Corporation and China Radio, Film & Television Programs Exchanging Centre are collaborating in an effort to promote documentary production in China. The new partnership will push forward the China to the World documentary …

LOS ANGELES: The soon-to-launch kids’ network The Hub has added to its slate of original programming with Hubworld, a weekly half-hour pop-culture magazine show. Hubworld, produced by Hasbro Studios in association with Natural 9 Entertainment, will combine what’s happening in …

SINGAPORE: George Sakkalli, formerly with Power, has been named sales manager for Asia at Mango Distribution. Sakkalli will be based in Singapore, reporting to company directors Wayne Dearing and Donna Andrews. He will be responsible for finding new properties for …

TEMECULA: Outdoor Channel is to launch in Asia through an exclusive broadcast agreement with Multi Channels Asia (MCA), while a new deal with Chello Zone takes the channel across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Through MCA, Outdoor Channel will initially …