World Screen

LONDON: The U.K. government is enhancing the tax credits offered for TV and film, along with expanding support for the video game industry, in a series of measures announced as part of its annual budget statement. The government has increased …

LONDON: Jens Richter, the CEO of FremantleMedia International (FMI), has put in place a new structure for the company's senior management team, in an effort to strengthen central operations and finance functions and increase sales focus in emerging markets. Bob …

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine North America has put in place its new executive management team, including Ben Samek as COO and Eden Gaha as president of unscripted television at Endemol Shine USA. Samek, who was formerly COO for Endemol North …

TORONTO: Tricon Films & Television is set to launch the scripted comedy Real Rob!, from comedian Rob Schneider, for international buyers at this year’s MIPTV. The series, slated to begin filming its second season this summer, is an exaggerated depiction …

MAINZ: Children’s series, dramas and a slate of factual titles are some of the highlights ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE), the distribution and production branch of German broadcaster ZDF, will be presenting at MIPTV. The ZDFE.junior collection now features Captain Flinn and …

PREMIUM: Roy Price, the director of Amazon Studios, talks to World Screen about the unique pilot system used for greenlighting original series. WS: What have you learned from submitting pilots to subscribers? PRICE: We’ve learned that customers around the world …

PARIS: Electus' Ben Silverman, FremantleMedia's Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Globo's Ricardo Scalamandré and Dogan TV's Irfan Sahin have been selected by Reed MIDEM to receive this year's Médaille d’Honneur Awards. The Médaille d’Honneur is awarded to senior international executives who have, through …

PARIS: Modern Family co-creator and executive producer Steven Levitan is to keynote at MIPTV and will be taking part in a conversation with World Screen's Anna Carugati. Levitan has been making TV comedies for more than 20 years. His credits …

NEW YORK: Erik Pack, the head of international distribution and co-production at Gaumont International Television, talks about how the company tries to give the creatives that it works with as much freedom as possible to execute their vision.   When …

PREMIUM: Richard Freudenstein, the CEO of Foxtel, talks to World Screen about the leading Australian pay-TV service's first 20 years, upcoming products and the company’s ongoing commitment to investing in programming. WS: In its 20 years, how has Foxtel improved …