World Screen

SILVER SPRING: Discovery Channel has scheduled a new series, Brewed, which explores the culture, history and variety of beer. Sam Calagione, who is the owner of Dogfish Head Brewery in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, will serve as an ambassador to the …

TORONTO: A number of sales have been secured by BuzzTaxi Communications across the U.S., Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe for titles from its documentary and factual-entertainment catalogues. A pan-Asian deal with AETN includes the one-off documentaries Beasts of the …

ATLANTA: Larry King’s CNN nightly show, which has been on the air for 25 years, will end its run in the fall. King announced the move in his broadcast yesterday. He maintained that the decision was his—speculation has been rife …

LONDON: New broadcasters have signed up for the original Nickelodeon animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, which has also been relicensed in certain territories. MTV Networks International (MTVNI) inked deals on the series with Georgia’s Teleimedi and Albania’s Top Channel. …

LONDON: The news and current affairs channel Al Jazeera English is set to launch on Freeview July 1, reaching more than 80 percent of U.K. homes. The English-language network is already carried in the U.K. on Sky and Freesat. Worldwide, it …

LONDON: Following its outing at DISCOP East, ALL3MEDIA International has firmed up a number of deals in countries such as Slovenia, Russia and Ukraine. The 12th and 13th seasons of Midsomer Murders went to Slovenia. The show’s 14th installment went …

MILAN: The sports media agency MP & Silva has undertaken the marketing and internationalization efforts of the Spanish professional basketball league Liga ACB, along with taking on responsibility for the distribution of its global media rights. As part of an …

LONDON/ATHENS: Greece’s Antenna Group is said to be working with John de Mol’s Cyrte Investments and Talpa Media on a bid for Five, according to the FT. Antenna is led by Theo Kyriakou, who as of last year reported to …

UNIVERSAL CITY/LONDON: The movies-on-demand subscription service PictureBox has picked up a package of more than 30 films from The Walt Disney Company EMEA, including the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, to be added to its offerings in Poland. PictureBox, which …

NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has recommended that the country increase the cap on foreign investment in DTH, IPTV and cable distribution platforms to 74 percent from the current 49 percent. The new 74-percent limit would also …