Editor & Associate Publisher, World Screen

January 4, 2021 Top Stories

discovery+ Launches, Seals New Distribution Pacts

January 4, 2021

Discovery's new streaming platform, discovery+, has launched in the U.S. with a raft of distribution deals in place and has landed a long-term, multiplatform agreement in Europe with Vodafone.

December 9, 2020 Profiles, Top Stories

Inside Discovery’s Streaming Bet

December 9, 2020

Senior execs from Discovery, Inc. unveiled the new discovery+ platform.

December 3, 2020 Top Stories

All3Media Acquires Silverback Films

December 3, 2020

Silverback Films, the production company founded by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, has been acquired by All3Media.

November 25, 2020 Interviews, Top Stories

Mariana van Zeller

November 25, 2020

Journalist Mariana van Zeller chats with World Screen Newsflash about the new National Geographic series Trafficked, in which she takes audiences along with her into black markets across the globe.

November 24, 2020 Top Stories

BBC Studios, Amazon Prime Video Pact for Indian Sports Doc

November 24, 2020

BBC Studios India is producing a sports docuseries about the Jaipur Pink Panthers competing in the Pro Kabaddi League for Amazon Prime Video.

November 20, 2020 Top Stories

Magnolia Network Adds Shows from Intuitive Content

November 20, 2020

Intuitive Content, Andrew Zimmern’s production company, has sold two new series to Magnolia Network, Discovery's joint venture with Chip and Joanna Gaines.

November 20, 2020 Top Stories

CNN Films Acquires President in Waiting

November 20, 2020

Jeffrey Roth's documentary feature President in Waiting, which features interviews with all six living U.S. vice presidents, has been acquired by CNN Films.

November 19, 2020 Top Stories

Love Nature Expands LatAm Presence

November 19, 2020

Love Nature's wildlife and nature linear channel has launched on the Mexican pay-TV platform StarTV.

November 18, 2020 Top Stories

Ultimate Viking Lands on Smithsonian Channel

November 18, 2020

Smithsonian Channel has greenlit Ultimate Viking (working title), a living history series hosted by Game of Thrones star Kristofer Hivju and award-winning factual presenter Gry Molvær Hivju.

November 18, 2020 Top Stories

NBCU’s hayu Heads to Germany, Austria

November 18, 2020

NBCUniversal International's reality SVOD service hayu has launched in Germany and Austria via Amazon Prime Video Channels.

Mansha Daswani

discovery+ Launches, Seals New Distribution Pacts

Inside Discovery’s Streaming Bet

All3Media Acquires Silverback Films

Mariana van Zeller

BBC Studios, Amazon Prime Video Pact for Indian Sports Doc

Magnolia Network Adds Shows from Intuitive Content

CNN Films Acquires President in Waiting

Love Nature Expands LatAm Presence

Ultimate Viking Lands on Smithsonian Channel

NBCU’s hayu Heads to Germany, Austria

Sunny Side of the Doc Organizer Appoints New Managing Director

Rhys Darby to Narrate New Wildlife Series

BBC Studios Productions Australia Taps Fremantle Exec

Nat Geo Greenlights Stanford Prison Experiment Docuseries

Fremantle Taking Music Doc Rebel Country Global

MIPTV Video: Dawn Porter