World Screen

LONDON: BSkyB is relinquishing its battle to retain 17.9 percent of ITV, formally committing to reducing its interest in the British broadcasting group. The Department for Business, Innovation & Skills said it has "accepted formal commitments from Sky that it will …

MIAMI: Telemundo Internacional informó que la telenovela Más sabe el diablo,ha estado liderando la franja de las 11 p.m. en Quito, Ecuador, desde su estreno el pasado 25 de enero.  El 1 de febrero, la producción que se transmite por …

LONDON/NEW YORK: Babelgum has taken on the exclusive rights to Paul Morrison’s Little Ashes for the U.K., and is opening the film for streaming on its online platform starting today. Little Ashes stars Twilight‘s Robert Pattinson, Javier Beltran and Matthew …

LONDON: ALL3MEDIA International has signed a new deal that sees its formats catalogue represented exclusively in Flemish-speaking Belgium by BGoodMedia. BGoodMedia takes on representation for all new and existing formats in the ALL3MEDIA catalogue in Flemish-speaking Belgium as well as …

ATLANTA: Castalia Communications anunció la firma de un acuerdo con China International TV Corporation (CITVC) para distribuir la programación de China Central Television (CCTV) en Latinoamérica.  CITVC es el brazo comercial de CCTV, televisora nacional de la República Popular China. …

LONDON: The story of a young Boy George and his path to stardom in the ’80s fashion and pop-music scene is chronicled in Worried About the Boy, a BBC Two drama from Red Production Company. Newcomer Douglas Booth plays Boy George, …

BOGOTÁ: La serie de Caracol Televisión Sin tetas no hay paraíso, tendrá una versión en italiano realizada por la productora Grundy para el canal Mediaset y que será protagonizada por Danielle Liotti, Nathaly Paty Gomez y Lola Ponce.  “Estamos muy …

MADRID: Según informaron fuentes locales, el presidente de Telefónica, César Alierta, abogó por frenar la estrategia de los buscadores de Internet que utilizan las redes desplegadas por los operadores de telecomunicaciones a costa de inversiones multimillonarias y sin pagar nada …

PARIS: MIPDoc has issued a call for projects to be included in its new Co-Productions Seeking Funding initiative, produced in association with World Screen. MIPDoc, the International Showcase and Conference for documentary and factual programs, taking place April 10 and …

STOCKHOLM: Viasat Broadcasting has unveiled a new subscription video-on-demand service for its Viasat OnDemand online portal in Sweden, Denmark and Norway. The subscription service makes a range of pay-TV content, including live sports events, hundreds of episodes of hit series …