World Screen

NEW YORK: TNT and TBS held a joint presentation to unveil the new programming headed to the channels for 2010-11, with TNT announcing the debut of the new Steven Spielberg series Fallen Skies and TBS readying for the launch of …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises Group has appointed Christian Massmann and Thomas Sewing to lead a new digital production initiative. As managing directors of ZDF Digital Medianproduktion, Massmann and Sewing will jointly focus on digital and interactive production and distribution.  Massmann was …

LONDON: UKTV’s Good Food is working with TalkbackTHAMES and Ronnie Corbett on an exclusive commission tentatively titled Ronnie Corbett’s Supper Club. The hour-long pilot episode will see Corbett delve into the food memories and life of Gavin and Stacey‘s Rob …

VANCOUVER: The Canadian animation studio Rainmaker Entertainment has a number of original projects in development, among them the theatrical movie Ogo and the series of holiday specials Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes. Ogo is centered on a Canadian …

NEW YORK/LONDON: AETN UK has launched the Crime & Investigation Network (CI) and HISTORY on Serbian cable operator IKOM. HISTORY launched with a fully localized version in Serbian on May 1. CI will be fully localized in the coming months. …

LONDON: Channel 4, Discovery UK and Smithsonian Channel have commissioned a 90-minute documentary from Darlow Smithson Productions that will tell the story of the world’s first and last supersonic passenger jet. Tentatively titled Concorde: The Supersonic Age, the film will …

LONDON: Outright Distribution has signed a two-year exclusive first-look agreement with indie producer Trilby Films, which specializes in documentaries, factual entertainment and comedic drama. The deal is for all newly commissioned product, with Outright securing ten-year distribution rights for shows. …

NEW YORK: The CW has made some scheduling changes to its returning shows, including 90210, and picked up two new dramas: Nikita, starring Maggie Q, and Hellcats. 90210 moves to 8 p.m. on Mondays in its third season, paired with returning hit …

LONDON: Parthenon Entertainment has been commissioned by National Geographic Channels International (NGCI) to produce a further 13 episodes for a second season of Mystery Files. The second installment, filmed in HD, will air internationally on National Geographic Channel in 2011. …

MUNICH: A local version of the sciencetainment show Clever! is in the works in Canada, through a deal signed by SevenOne International. The Canadian version of the hit format will air weekly on the pubcaster Télé Québec. The show will …