MUMBAI: Comedy Central India has acquired exclusive airing rights to the US comedy show - Anger Management - from Lionsgate International Television.

Anger Management is produced by Lionsgate Television in conjunction with Roth and Totino?s Revolution Studios, Burg?s Evolution Entertainment, Helford?s Mohawk Productions, Inc. and Estevez Sheen Productions.

The deal was arranged by Rohit Tiwari at Morris St. Advisors, Lionsgate?s partners and agents in India.

The series has already been sold in territories like Canada, Latin America, the UK, Scandinavia, Australia/New Zealand, Germany, Benelux, Poland, Spain and South Africa. Lionsgate?s Debmar-Mercury syndication arm distributes the show in the U.S. where, in addition to airing on F/X, it has already been sold into syndication with the Fox station group.

Anger Management is based on the 2003 film of the same name and stars Charlie Sheen in a role similar to the one immortalised by Jack Nicholson from the film. In this new series, Sheen stars as ex-baseball player turned therapist specialising in anger management. The plot talks of how Sheen breaks his leg in anger, putting an end to his baseball career. He then becomes an anger management therapist who runs a successful private practice. A bunch of crazy patients, a hot female doctor who is his competition, a very confused daughter, a rebel ex-wife and his own pangs of anger, constantly bug him making it even more difficult for him to keep his sanity.

Viacom 18 Media Pvt. Ltd SVP and GM English entertainment Ferzad Palia said, "On our first anniversary of Comedy Central in India we?re delighted to be bringing one of the most watched and talked about shows in the world, Anger Management, to our Indian audiences. In true Comedy Central style, expect unprecedented promotion, activation and fun around the show. We?re excited to play home to the next big thing in sitcom history."

Lionsgate International senior executive Jim Packer said, "We believe that Comedy Central is the perfect home for Anger Management in India, and we?re delighted to continue building the show?s momentum through ground breaking sales in territories around the world. The show is off to a record-breaking start in the U.S., and we expect it to have similar resonance with audiences around the world."

MUMBAI: ?Space Dive?, the documentary charting Felix Baumgartner?s record-breaking skydive, has been snapped up by broadcasters across the globe with BBC Worldwide licensing the documentary to 13 countries.

Belgium (VRT), Denmark (DR), Finland (YLE), Germany (RTL), Holland (VPRO), France (France 4), Russia (Russia 2), Norway (NRK), Singapore (Channel News Asia), Korea (Chosun), Poland (TVP), Indonesia (Kompas TV) and Canada (Sportsnet) are all set to screen the documentary which contains exclusive never-before-seen footage charting Felix Baumgartner?s remarkable mission.

BBC Worldwide president, MD for sales, distribution Steve Macallister said, ?Felix Baumgartner?s space dive was a truly extraordinary event played out in front of a global audience. Now with the ?Space Dive? documentary viewers all over the world will have the chance to step behind-the-scenes and see just what went into this epic mission and experience the jump through Baumgartner?s eyes.?

On 14 October Felix Baumgartner jumped from 128,100 feet (39,045 metres) above the Earth?s surface, completing the highest and fastest freefall ever and becoming the first person to skydive through the sound barrier.

Featuring footage from 20 cameras covering the jump itself, ?Space Dive? reveals the moment when Felix lost control, spinning dangerously back to Earth. The documentary also tells how hours earlier the team came close to aborting the mission, and moves back in time to show the four years of preparation and training that turned Felix from a base jumper into an extreme altitude specialist.

NEW DELHI: Doordarshan has commenced from today the telecast of ?Manthan?, a weekly series on science and technology in Hindi, being produced by Deutsche Welle.

This is the first series in Hindi by the German television channel and is being telecast at 10.30 am every Saturday with a repeat at midnight on the national channel, DD One. The show will focus on science, technology, the environment and medicine.

The series is the result of a comprehensive partnership agreement signed in late 2011 between DD Director General Tripurari Sharan and DW Director General Erik Bettermann to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the field of television.

?Manthan? is produced by DW?s Hindi team in Bonn and will cover all aspects of science and technology ? with a special focus on the latest developments in Germany and Europe. The show anchor is Isha Bhatia from Chandigarh. In addition to presenting the latest scientific developments, the ?Manthan? team will also report on the different aspects of everyday life in Germany and comment on the sometimes surprising differences between Germany and India.

The programme will initially be for 26 episodes but may be extended if it is found to gain acceptance.

Addressing a press meet, German Ambassador Michael Steiner expressed the hope that this programme will encourage people-to-people understanding, regretting that there was no Indian journalist based in his country.

But he said Germany and India were ?a perfect match? and his country was India?s greatest trading partner in Europe.

Sharan expressed confidence that this was the start of a fruitful relationship and felt Indians needed to go beyond their conceptions of Germany which stood for much more than just the famous automobile brands that Indians were proud to own.

The series would provide value-based education and will go beyond the stereotypical information Indian students get in schools and colleges.

?Manthan? editor-in-chief Ute Schaeffer said media should encourage such exchange of programmes.

DW programming head Asia Pacific Alexander Freund said German radio receives thousands of letters from Indian listeners but this was the first collaboration in TV. He said the liberalisation of the economy in India had made an impact on Germany. He said the website manthan.dw.de will help interactivity.

DW distribution head Anne Hufnagel claimed DW already reaches six million homes in India.

Show anchor Isha Bhatia said the show will also cover subjects outside Germany.

Doordarshan deputy director general Deepa Chandra also addressed the press meet.

Multimedia content from the series will also be available online at DW?s Hindi website, www.dw.de/hindi, as well as being distributed by DW?s online partners.