World Screen

BRISTOL: Beginning in 2012, exclusive U.S. coverage of Wimbledon will move from NBC to ESPN, which today announced a 12-year deal for multiplatform rights to the tennis championship. The deal brings to an end NBC’s four-decades-long partnership for Wimbledon rights. A …

DUBAI: Broadcast Middle East (BME), a joint venture of News Corporation and MOBY Group, is gearing up to launch a second Farsi-language entertainment network, targeting and families, this week. BME already operates Farsi1, delivering a variety of imported shows dubbed …

MUNICH: The Dick de Rijk game show You Deserve It has been given a long-running production order from the Turkish free-to-air broadcaster ATV, via a deal with SevenOne International. To be produced by Ay Yapim, the show will launch in …

MANILA: SkyCable, the leading cable provider in the Philippines, has expanded its channel lineup, inking carriage deals with Universal Networks International for E! Entertainment Television and Tiger Gate Entertainment for KIX and Thrill. E! will initially be available to SkyCable’s …

LONDON: Advisers Media International (AMI) and Medge Consulting have secured the international media rights for the National Hockey League (NHL) in a five-year agreement that will see the North American professional sports league expand its distribution across Europe, Africa and …

LONDON: The number of homes subscribing to an IPTV service will reach 155 million by the end of 2016, according to a report from Digital TV Research, up from 35 million at the end of last year, driven in large part by …

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded the broadcast rights for the 2014 and 2016 Games to ARD and ZDF for Germany, while France Télévisions is to serve as the exclusive French home for the Games through 2020, and …

HÖHENKIRCHEN/MUNICH: Miffy, the white rabbit created by Dutch author and illustrator Dick Bruna, is to appear on the big screen in 2013. Following the success of the puppet animation series Miffy and Friends, the film, Miffy the Movie, which targets …

LOS GATOS: Netflix is stepping up its international expansion, announcing plans to bring its TV series- and movie-streaming service to 43 markets across Latin America and the Caribbean later this year. A launch date has not yet been announced for …

PREMIUM: On the heels of the Crime & Investigation Network launching in the Netherlands, Tom Davidson, the managing director of AETN UK, and Adam MacDonald, the VP of programming, discuss with World Screen plans for expanding this and other channel …