World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Paula Abdul, who previously occupied a judge’s seat on American Idol, has been named executive producer, creative partner and lead judge for a new reality-competition series for CBS, tentatively titled Got to Dance. Based on the British hit …

LOS ANGELES: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage, the co-hosts of Discovery Channel’s MythBusters, have signed a multi-year deal to co-executive produce the science show, along with developing and producing multiple new series for the network with BermanBraun. Hyneman and Savage …

TORONTO: Entertainment One (E1) increased its revenues by 30 percent in the year ended March 31, 2010, to $709.8 million, with a pre-tax profit of $11 million, as compared with a year-ago loss of $49.5 million. The company reported gains …

WASHINGTON: Exclusive, never-before-seen footage from the first 36 hours of the Gulf oil-spill disaster is to be shown on National Geographic Channel, in a new documentary premiering May 27 at 10 p.m. The footage comes from the U.S. Coast Guard, …

This article originally appeared in the MIPTV 2010 issue of TV Kids. One of the effects of the recent global downturn has been a surge in interest in international co-productions. In times when broadcasters have been busily reducing the license fees they …

This article originally appeared in the MIPTV 2010 issue of TV Europe. As the Spanish commercial broadcaster Antena 3 de Televisión celebrates its 20th anniversary, it faces the best of times and the worst of times. Of all the major …

HARRINGTON PARK: Janson Media has licensed the investigative documentary Independent Intervention: Breaking Silence to RT TV-Novosti in Russia. The doc, produced by Ground Productions, is about U.S. corporate-controlled media coverage of the Iraq War. The film looks at how the …

PALISADES PARK: Alfred Haber Distribution (AHDI) has signed a number of new international sales for the two-hour CBS special Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration—The Last Concert, which was produced by David Gest. The 2001 music event, owned by World Events, …

LONDON: Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) in the U.K. is working with Egmont UK on a one-time magazine, geared at girls 6 and up, based on the hit live-action series iCarly. The magazine from Egmont is due to hit …

LONDON: The sports production company Input Media has hired Claire Murphy as its new director of business development. Murphy will be responsible for developing new business streams and working to cultivate new client relationships. She will be specializing in the …