World Screen

TORONTO: Family Channel has expanded the reach of its English-language Playhouse Disney channel to Telus TV. The lineup of  shows on Playhouse Disney includes Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Handy Manny, Imagination Movers and Franny’s Feet. September will see the launch of …

HYDERABAD: DQ Entertainment has secured an exclusive broadcasting agreement with the Thai Public Broadcasting Service (TPBS) for The Jungle Book. TPBS has the exclusive free-TV rights for the 52×11-minute show in both Thai and in English in Thailand for three …

NEW YORK/BLACKPOOL: Nickelodeon has entered into a licensing partnership with Pleasure Beach Amusement Park to develop the first Nick-branded attraction in the U.K. Nickelodeon properties will be featured across more than 14 attractions at Pleasure Beach. Construction on Nickelodeon Land …

SYDNEY: The LifeStyle Channel has commissioned a third season of Come Dine With Me Australia, ahead of the second-season premiere. The third installment of 20 half-hours will again be produced by Granada Media Australia for the XYZnetworks-owned channel. The second …

MUMBAI: The signing of a new deal with The Walt Disney Company India will see The Walt Disney Studios handling home-entertainment distribution for some of the key titles from the UTV Motion Pictures library. The titles to be distributed as …

MIAMI: Through an agreement with CBS Studios International, Liv, Discovery Networks’ new entertainment channel in Latin America, has taken on the exclusive cable rights in the region for the police series Hawaii Five-O and Blue Bloods. Hawaii Five-O is a …

LOS ANGELES: Julia Roberts, Forest Whitaker, Goldie Hawn, Gabriel Byrne and Mariel Hemingway have signed on for a slate of original documentaries to be produced for OWN: The Oprah Winfrey Network. Presented and executive produced by Julia Roberts’ Red Om …

HONG KONG: The theme for this year’s CASBAA Convention is "Unlock Your Networks," which will focus on ways to further unlock the pay-TV potential across Asia. This year’s convention highlights the issues shaping the Asian pay-TV industry. As digital media …

BEIJING: Protesters took to the streets in Guangzhou, in southern China, in opposition of a proposal to force a major local TV network to stop broadcasting in Cantonese and switch to the country’s official language, Mandarin. The controversy arose after …

MUNICH: Net profit at ProSiebenSat.1 was up 63.7 percent, to 74.5 million euros, for the second quarter of 2010, with revenues that grew nearly 10 percent, to 760.6 million euros. The group saw increased revenues in all segments, with almost …