World Screen

STOCKHOLM: Swedish production outfit Titan Television and its Norwegian subsidiary Limelight Film&TV have been acquired by the Nordic Northern Alliance Group (NAG). NAG’s portfolio of companies in the region already includes Monster in Norway, Moskito in Finland, Baluba in Sweden …

SINGAPORE: ESPN STAR Sports has clinched a deal to bring exclusive live coverage of Spain’s La Liga for the 2012/13 through 2014/15 seasons across 18 Asian markets. The deal covers standard and HD coverage, broadcast, online and mobile, plus select …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group has extended its deal for the exclusive broadcasting rights to UEFA Champions League football in Scandinavia until the end of the 2014-15 championship. MTG will broadcast the Champions League matches on its free- and pay-TV channels …

AMSTERDAM: On September 1, RTL Nederland will launch RTL Crime, delivering local and international crime series, among them Prison Break, Bones and CSI. The channel will be available as part of the bouquet offered by Ziggo, and carriage discussions are under …

BUDAPEST/LOS ANGELES: NATPE is taking over full organization and managerial responsibilities for DISCOP East, it was announced as the market kicked off in Budapest today. Beginning with the June 2012 edition, the market for the Central and Eastern European programming business will be …

BUDAPEST: The hit Endemol game show The Money Drop continues to roll out across Central and Eastern Europe, with new commissions in the Baltic States and Serbia. Endemol has signed multi-territory deals in CEE for the show. Viasat in the …

BRUSSELS: The Belgian government’s proposal to regulate broadcasting services is causing concern for the European Commission, which is asking authorities to "further substantiate and justify" the reasoning behind the proposed legislation. The proposed law would require cable operators Telenet, Brutélé, …

SINGAPORE: The Voice, which has been atop the ratings heap on NBC, is to debut in Southeast Asia on AXN, reaching 97 million households. Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia has picked up the show for AXN to air later in …

PREMIUM: Bogdan Czaja, the deputy programming director for Poland’s TVN, tells World Screen that while the channel’s strength lies in local productions, acquisitions are used to fill certain slots. What age groups do you target?   As a general-entertainment channel, …

PREMIUM: Eglinor Ramaj, the acquisitions manager at DigitAlb, Albania’s leading pay-TV platform, must buy programming for a number of channels, and says she is currently working with a healthy budget to do so. What age groups do you target?   …