World Screen

LONDON: A number of new agents have been appointed worldwide to expand BabyTV’s licensing and merchandising program. These include Paris Arabesques for France, Max Licensing for Turkey, Popcorn for Portugal, Pro Entertainment for Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay and P&L Global …

NEW YORK: 4Kids Entertainment introduced The Scribbles, the newest character group from Jim Henson Designs, at the recently wrapped International Licensing Expo in Las Vegas. The Scribbles were inspired by original scribbles by Jim Henson himself. They represent elements of …

LOS ANGELES: Throughout the month of July, Ovation is celebrating some of America’s top cinematic talents with the programming event American Revolutionaries: The Directors, hosted by Roger Corman and Peter Bogdanovich. The event will feature the pivotal films in the …

MOSCOW: CTC Media has signed a two-year non-exclusive carriage deal for the CTC-International channel in Israel with the Yes satellite platform and the HOT cable network. The platforms have a combined reach of around 120,000 Russian-speaking subscribers. The international version …

HOLLYWOOD/OAKBROOK TERRACE: Following a trial period, Paramount Home Entertainment has entered into a multi-year license agreement with DVD rental kiosk operator Redbox. Redbox and PHE signed their initial trial license agreement in August 2009, and subsequently extended it until June 30. The …

SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports has partnered with SpeedCast to deliver live premium mobile sports content across Asia. mobileESPN will feature live streaming content from the ESPN STAR Sports TV networks, delivered via satellite to operators’ streaming platforms across the region. …

LONDON: Cineflix International Distribution has scored a raft of deals with French broadcasters for its slate of in-house and third-party programming. W9 picked up all three seasons of the forensic crime investigation series Cold Blood, along with both seasons of …

MILAN: Mediaset has said it will appeal the European General Court’s ruling that it must pay back millions of euros in subsidies granted to pay for viewers‘ digital terrestrial decoders.  The Italian broadcast group said it would contest the sentence …

BANFF: Canada’s TELETOON has five new original Canadian series that have been greenlit for production, including GeoFreakZ, which will be integrated across TV, online and social-media platforms. From CCI Entertainment, GeoFreakZ combines the treasure-hunting family sport of geocaching, the social …

UNIVERSAL CITY: The original web series Dial Star, featuring 90210‘s AnnaLynne McCord, is being developed exclusively for AT&T by NBC Universal Digital Studio and MEC Entertainment for a debut later this month. The 10-episode series will be available across NBC Universal …