World Screen

LONDON: Chapman Entertainment has signed up two new licensees for its property Little Charley Bear, bringing on board Zap and Worlds Apart. Acquired by CBeebies, the show is about an imaginative little bear named Charley. He goes on adventures and …

BEIJING: Singapore’s Media Development Authority led a delegation of 14 media companies on a trip to China, resulting in a slew of alliances to create TV movies, documentaries and more. Content producers, channel operators, platform owners and media fund managers took …

SILVER SPRING: A second installment of the month-long programming event Blue August on Planet Green will feature a look at the events happening in the Gulf. Blue August is hosted by Philippe Cousteau, chief oceans correspondent for Planet Green, and …

LONDON: The new preschool series Rastamouse, based on the books by Michael De Souza and Genevieve Webster, has gone into production on 52 11-minute episodes for CBeebies, which will launch the show in early 2011. DECODE Enterprises and DHX Licensing …

LOS ANGELES: Rysher Entertainment intends to "aggressively pursue all legal recourse" to yesterday’s verdict that awarded actor Don Johnson $23.2 million in profits from the series Nash Bridges. Bart H. Williams of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Rysher Entertainment’s attorney, stated, …

LONDON: Watershed TV is a new division of the Shed Media Group that will focus on developing and making factual entertainment formats around social and current affairs issues. The new division will be headed up by Ricochet’s current creative director, …

NEW YORK: MTV Networks has entered the social gaming arena with the purchase of Social Express, with plans to develop titles based on original IP as well as on MTV and Nickelodeon brands. The San Francisco-based developer will be integrated into Nickelodeon Digital. Social …

LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International has confirmed a number of new format commissions and finished program sales for the Studio Lambert reality show Undercover Boss USA. The show was originally commissioned by Channel 4 in the U.K., which launches the second season …

NEW YORK: Newcomer Glee picked up the most series nominations, 19, for this year’s Primetime Emmy Awards, followed by previous winner Mad Men, with 17. Mad Men won the award for best drama series for the past two consecutive years. …

LOS ANGELES: A California jury today ordered The Walt Disney Company to pay Celador International $269.4 million in damages, ruling that Disney breached its profit sharing agreement for ABC’s version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The jury sided with …