World Screen

MIAMI: Split, a new teen-vampire daily drama, has been sold by Dori Media Group to Italian IPTV outfit Yam 1. Originally produced by Dori Media Darset for the VOD service of Israeli cable platform HOT, the series generated a total …

KNOXVILLE: Mark Burnett has signed on to produce season five of HGTV Design Star, one of the Scripps Networks-owned channel’s most popular titles. "The Mark Burnett team is extremely creative and talented—masters at crafting entertaining reality programming," said Freddy James, …

CULVER CITY: Sony Pictures Television is partnering with Korea’s Sunjin Entertainment to develop content for the local market, beginning with an adaptation of the scripted comedy The Nanny. SPT and Sunjin Entertainment will initially focus on producing content adapted from …

LONDON: Endemol has struck a deal for the hit Australian drama Packed to the Rafters to join the lineup of VOX Television in Germany. Produced by Seven Network Australia, Packed to the Rafters follows would-be empty-nesters whose family just can’t …

MUNICH: Brian Sullivan has been appointed as the new CEO of German pay-TV platform Sky Deutschland effective April 1, replacing Mark Williams, who is stepping down at the end of March for personal reasons. Sullivan is currently the managing director …

MONTREAL: Telefilm Canada is reporting a 21-percent increase in the revenues from the international distribution of Canadian TV and film projects at international markets where the organization leads a Canada Pavilion, such as MIPCOM and the Cannes Film Festival. According …

LONDON: ITV Studios is making a £5 million investment in its Kirkstall Road studios in Leeds, to provide HD facilities for the production of the long-running soap Emmerdale. The Emmerdale production center is currently located on Burley Road, but due …

HILVERSUM: Paul Johnson is exiting the role of global head of marketing and brand partnerships at Endemol at the end of the year, after joining the company in March of this year from Reed MIDEM. Johnson, formerly the director of …

SILVER SPRING: Mark Hollinger has been named as the new president and CEO of Discovery Networks International, succeeding Greg Ricca. Hollinger, DNI’s COO, takes over from Ricca after a transition period. He will continue as COO until a successor is named. …

LONDON: Five is making full-length episodes of its original programming available on YouTube in the U.K. on an ad-supported basis. The content can be found within YouTube’s UK Shows section, which features more than 3,000 hours of full-length programming and …