World Screen

HONG KONG: CASBAA has added Bharti Airtel, NDTV and Star TV India as new corporate members. Bharti Airtel is a telecoms-to-media services specialist. NDTV is a news content provider. Star TV India is a media and entertainment channel. "As a …

PHILADELPHIA: In celebration of its fifth anniversary, Sprout has slated the premiere of its first long-form original series, Noodle and Doodle, for September 25. The 26×11-minute show features arts, crafts and cooking for preschoolers and their families. It will makes …

LOS ANGELES: ScandiTV, which offers news, movies and kids’ programming from across Scandinavia, is launching in the U.S. on August 1. ScandiTV will provide in-language programming to the Scandinavia communities in the U.S. and Canada. The service will be expanded …

LONDON: KoCo Drama, part of the Shed Media Group, is to produce the 3×1-hour event Young James for BBC One, inspired the the true story of veterinarian and author James Herriot. Along with the three hour-long episodes, a one-hour supporting documentary …

LONDON: BigTV, KidsCo’s first brand extension, has been launched as a complementary offering for kids in Africa, targeting 8- to 14-year-olds. The channel will air 24 hours a day, seven days a week starting August 1 on the My TV …

VANCOUVER: Thunderbird Films is producing the new situational comedy Mr. Young in association with YTV, which has slated the sitcom for a spring 2011 debut in Canada. The show is created by Dan Signer, one of the leading writer-producers on …

LOS ANGELES: Saban Brands has awarded the international television distribution rights for the long-running kids’ series Power Rangers to MarVista Entertainment. MarVista will be handling global sales for the entire Power Rangers library, which includes more than 700 episodes from …

LONDON: MTV Networks International (MTVNI) has wrapped up deals on a number of preschool shows across the Asia Pacific and Latin America. Argentina’s Artear went for the second season of Back at the Barnyard, in addition to a number of …

LONDON: Pilot Productions has signed a number of deal from across its lifestyle and travel catalogues, including a sale to Scripps Networks. Scripps will air a range of Pilot programming as part of its Travel and Lifestyle network in EMEA. …

BURBANK: Nickelodeon has greenlit a live-action TV movie adaptation for the hit animated series The Fairly OddParents, set to premiere in 2011. A Fairly Odd Movie: Grow Up, Timmy Turner! will be based on the hit series from Butch Hartman. …