World Screen

LONDON: KidsCo’s deal with MultiChoice sees the channel airing on the DStv platform for subscribers in South Africa as of July 12. KidsCo will present three programming zones for preschoolers, kids 6 to 10 and families. This includes animated and …

NEW YORK/MONTREAL/LONDON: Babelgum has entered into a deal with Films Transit to present ten independent documentaries on its online and mobile platforms as exclusive features. Titles include An Ordinary Family, Grass, Battle for Our Minds, Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan, Manufacturing …

LONDON: HIT Entertainment has unveiled the new series Super School, an action-filled preschool series. The show features an ordinary 6-year-old boy, Mack Action, who discovers he can fly. He is surrounded be a group of superhero classmates: Werewilf, a transforming …

NEW YORK: Sesame Workshop, behind the long-running hit Sesame Street, is creating an original half-hour programming block called Sesame Square in Nigeria. Sesame Square will be hosted by two puppet characters specially developed for the program: Kami, a girl Muppet …

LAGOS/NIGERIA: Nigeria’s STV has struck a new content deal with MTV Networks Africa for Nickelodeon programming to form a daily block on the channel. Starting July 16, Nickelodeon programming will be featured for an hour every Monday to Friday in …

MIAMI: The ten-part natural history series Life is to air on Discovery en Español under the title Vida and will be narrated in Spanish by award-winning singer and composer Juanes. From the makers of Planet Earth, the series explores the …

LONDON: Connected Pictures has been commissioned by Sky 1 HD to produce The World’s Youngest Daredevils, an hour-long documentary about children with unusual talents. In the film, which has a working title, Myleene Klass travels the world to discover the …

LONDON: The business and financial news channel CNBC will exclusively air NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams and Meet the Press across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, starting July 12. NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams provides reports and analysis on …

LONDON: A package of 253 hours of programming from Passion Distribution has been picked up for broadcast by XYZnetworks, which has also agreed to acquire another 350 hours of first-run exclusive content. Further under the terms of the volume deal, …

LONDON: Under the terms of a new ten-year agreement, Channel 4 Sales becomes the exclusive advertising representative for UKTV across its full portfolio of services, including ten channels, VOD services and online destinations. The deal takes effect January 2011. ids …