World Screen

LONDON: Channel 4 has commissioned Darlow Smithson Productions (DSP) to produce a film about the last Space Shuttle flight, while also unveiling a raft of documentaries for broadcast in line with the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Last …

LONDON: Entertainment One UK (eOne) has agreed to a five-year content deal with European streaming and DVD subscription service LOVEFiLM covering its movie library, including The Twilight Saga. LOVEFiLM customers will be able to watch all of eOne’s new and …

FRANKFURT: Leo Kirch, the German tycoon who built a media empire off the back of a valuable library only to declare bankruptcy after betting big on pay television, has passed away at the age of 84. At its height, KirchMedia, …

ENGLEWOOD: The Starz Entertainment-owned premium network Encore is getting into the original-programming game with Tele München’s Moby Dick and ITV Studios Global Entertainment’s Martina Cole crime thriller The Take. Moby Dick, an RHI production in participation with Tele München and …

NEW YORK: HBO has scored the North American TV rights to George Harrison: Living in the Material World, produced by Martin Scorsese and featuring interviews with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Eric Clapton and Terry Gilliam, among others. HBO has picked …

LONDON: Majority ownership of British online video platform SeeSaw has been sold to a consortium of investors led by Criterion Capital Partners, with ex-Channel 4 chief Michael Jackson assuming the role of chairman. New majority owners Criterion also own U.K. …

MUNICH: Seven International has licensed BBC One the rights to produce its own version of the Belgian hit format Benidorm Bastards, with CPL Productions currently developing a pilot under the working title Off Their Rockers. The hidden-camera series is already in …

SILVER SPRING: A multi-year, multi-platform venture, Curiosity: The Questions of Life is slated to make its U.S. debut on Discovery this August before heading to sister channels across Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the Asia Pacific beginning …

LONDON: Channel 4’s David Abraham, ITV’s Adam Crozier, Sky’s Jeremy Darroch and the BBC’s Mark Thompson will come together on a panel at Cambridge Convention 2011, organized by the Royal Television Society, to discuss the event’s theme this year: TV Everywhere: Paths …

LOS ANGELES: HBO’s Mildred Pierce scored the most Emmy Award nominations this year with a total of 21, including outstanding mini-series or movie, followed by AMC’s Mad Men, which is up for contention as outstanding drama series, with 19. In the drama …