World Screen

LOS ANGELES: The 12-hour drama series Titanic: The Untold Story of How it All Began is a new project from The DeAngelis Group (DAP) in association with RAI, The Fremantle Corporation, Future Films UK, Play Productions France, the Irish Film Authority …

SYDNEY/LONDON: Don’t Stop Believing, a new entertainment series produced Shine and GroupM for Five in the U.K., is to be adapted in Australia for Network Ten. Don’t Stop Believing, created by Five controller Richard Woolfe, premieres in the U.K. this Sunday …

MONTGOMERY/LOS ANGELES: America Today is a new weekly hour-long lifestyle series from ITV Studios that will air on Raycom Media’s local TV stations across the U.S. beginning this fall. The initial order from Raycom is for 52 hour-long episodes, with a launch date …

LOS ANGELES: A new untitled VH1 reality series will follow Mario Lopez and his girlfriend Courtney Mazza as they prepare for the birth of their first child. The 8×30-minute series, set for a fall debut, will follow as Lopez leans …

BRISTOL/LONDON: Parthenon Media Group has offered up financial backing to 422 South, a Bristol-based CGI animation and visual effects studio. "Parthenon is a perfect match for us as they produce and distribute high-end factual and children’s programming," said Andy Davies-Coward, …

LONDON: BBC Two is set to deliver an "ambitious" slate of factual fare, drama and comedy across its 2010/2011 season, including Wonders of the Universe with Brian Cox. "This new season reflects BBC Two at its most ambitious and distinctive, bearing …

UNIVERSAL CITY: The new VP of alternative programming and development at NBC and Universal Media Studios is Brandon Riegg, who was previously executive director of alternative series and specials at ABC. Riegg is responsible for overseeing current alternative shows as …

TEMECULA: Buccaneers and Bones, featuring renowned TV anchor Tom Brokaw and actor Michael Keaton, and Fishing University are the latest shows to be added to the 2011 schedule of Outdoor Channel. Buccaneers and Bones will also feature Friday Night Lights‘ …

DALLAS/NEW YORK: As the deadline nears for the expiration of Rainbow Media’s carriage contract with AT&T U-verse for AMC, IFC and WE tv, the two companies have still been unable to come to an agreement on the terms of a renewal. …

LOS ANGELES: The Jim Henson Company has lined up four new licensing agents in Europe for its properties such as Sid the Science Kid and Dinosaur Train. Alphanim will represent the preschool brands Sid the Science Kid and Dinosaur Train …