World Screen

LONDON/SYDNEY/CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Entertainment’s multiplatform video network Crackle is now available in the U.K. and Australia, in addition to its U.S. destination. Crackle is available in the U.S. at crackle.com, as well as at AOL, Bebo, Boxee, Break, Dailymotion, …

BANFF: The Banff World Television Festival will present awards in three special achievement categories during a luncheon on June 14, to Temple Street Productions, Panavision and director Louie Psihoyos. Temple Street Productions is being honored with the Lionsgate/Maple Pictures Innovative …

LOS ANGELES: The hit BBC series Torchwood is returning for a new season, with Starz scooping up the U.S. television rights for a summer 2011 premiere. The new season will be a co-production between Starz, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Worldwide, with …

This feature originally appeared in the MIPTV 2010 issue of TV Formats.   Finding love is hard enough—imagine doing so under the glare of the spotlight. The end result is a mix of pure-hearted emotion and mild embarrassment played out …

AMMAN: Rubicon Group Holding’s animated series Ben & Izzy and Tareq wa Shireen will air on Cartoon Network in the Middle East and North Africa beginning in October 2010 as part of a strategic partnership between the two companies. The …

CENTURY CITY: Twentieth Century Fox Television has rebranded its licensing division as Fox Consumer Products, as well as appointed new senior executives to manage the business. Robert Marick, executive VP, said in announcing the restructure: “Fox boasts a world-class television and …

It is with great sadness that we report that Peter Keefe, 58, animation executive, creator and producer, most noted as the creative force behind the iconic children’s animated TV series Voltron, passed away on May 27. He succumbed to throat …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2010 issue of World Screen.   Since launching HGTV in 1994, Scripps Networks has become the leading developer of lifestyle content, producing popular programming for television, online, satellite radio, print and new-media platforms. …

NEW YORK: Classic Media has taken on the international distribution and worldwide merchandising and licensing rights to Voltron, which first launched on U.S. television in 1984 and is being resurrected for contemporary audiences via a new animated series for Nicktoons …

SHANGHAI: National Geographic Channel Asia is set to co-produce an international version of a documentary about Shanghai, called The Bund, originally developed by Shanghai Media Group (SMG) and Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio (CNDF). Directed by CNDF’s Zhou Bing, …