World Screen

LONDON/BURBANK: LIVING has picked up two new U.S. dramas in an exclusive deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD): Nikita and Chase. Nikita, which stars Maggie Q, will air in living this fall, shortly after the series’ premiere on …

TORONTO: E1 Entertainment has officially rebranded as Entertainment One (eOne), with the new identity to be used across all of its entertainment and distribution operations. The film, television, music and distribution operations will all operate under the Entertainment One banner …

LONDON: Justine Powell has been tapped as VP of distribution for EMEA at CNBC, where she will drive the business and financial news network’s expansion across TV and digital platforms, both to the home and commercial premises such as banks, financial …

NEW YORK: American Express, music video and entertainment service VEVO and YouTube are collaborating to live stream five concerts this year. Unstaged: An Original Series from American Express follows American Express’s two previous live and digitally streamed performances this year …

OTTAWA: Ottawa International Animation Festival’s industry conference TAC will feature a pitching session on October 20 and 21. Pitch THIS! is expected to attract more than 350 animation producers, buyers, financiers and industry experts, organizers have said. “This year, Pitch THIS! …

TORONTO: Twelve projects will receive a total of C$251,000 in grants and no-interest loans from the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and Canwest. This is the fifth round of disbursements from the Canwest-Hot Docs Documentary Fund, founded in April …

LUXEMBOURG: RTL Group is selling British broadcaster Five to publisher Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shell company for 125 million euros (£103.5 million). The deal closes immediately. Announcing the agreement, Gerhard Zeiler, CEO of RTL Group, said: “With a significant recovery of …

LOS ANGELES: NBC Universal-owned Chiller this weekend adds the NBC version of Fear Factor—which ran from 2001 to 2006—to its schedule. The network is adding all 139 episodes to its grid, beginning July 24 at 8 p.m. The show, hosted by Joe …

BOSTON: PBS has entered into a new relationship with TJL Productions, the outfit behind the My Music series airing across the U.S. on public broadcasting stations, covering nine new musical entertainment specials. The new multi-year pact extends the two-decades-long collaboration between …

TOKYO/SINGAPORE: Nick Time is a new Nickelodeon programming block that will air six days a week on Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Animax channel in Japan, reaching more than 8.3 million homes. The Nickelodeon-branded block will launch on September 1 with episodes …