World Screen

LONDON: ProSiebenSat.1’s Red Arrow Entertainment has picked up a 51-percent interest in The Mob Film Co., the transatlantic production company whose credits include the Terry Pratchett Discworld adaptations and the documentary In the Land of the Free. The Mob Film …

ISTANBUL: Joining the Global Agency catalogue in time for MIPTV is the prime-time drama Magnificent Century (Muhtesem Yuzyil), currently airing on Show TV in Turkey. Produced by TIMS Productions, the 23×90-minute series is about Suleiman the Magnificent, the sultan who …

NEW YORK: James Murdoch has been elevated to deputy COO and chairman and CEO of international at News Corporation, a role that sees him relocating to New York. In this new post, Murdoch—formerly chairman and CEO for Europe and Asia—will work …

PREMIUM: John Hendricks, the founder and chairman of Discovery Communications, talks to World Screen about making a big strategic move into programming for tablet devices, and continuing to leverage the company’s international self-syndicated network to invest significantly in original content …

NEW YORK: RHI Entertainment has received approval to emerge from Chapter 11 with a reorganization plan that reduces its debt and obligations by more than $400 million. "This is a great day for RHI Entertainment,” said Robert Halmi, Jr, CEO. “With the …

PARIS: Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has picked up the sci-fi series Metal Hurlant Chronicles—which creator and director Guillaume Lubrano tells World Screen Newsflash is based on the French anthology graphic novels of the same name—for its pay-TV networks in a …

LONDON, March 30: At MIPDoc, Tuvalu Entertainment will be presenting the first episode of Innovators That Changed the World, a 10-part series that looks at inventions, large and small, that have shaped and changed the way we live. The intent …

LONDON: The exclusive TV distribution and home-entertainment rights for Seven Network’s drama series Winners & Losers are now held by FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) for representation worldwide, outside of Australia and New Zealand. The 22×1-hour drama follows the lives of four very …

LONDON: Two new fast-turnaround documentaries from ITN Productions, Tsunami Search and Rescue and Nuclear Meltdown, are to be represented worldwide by Cineflix International. Nuclear Meltdown is a collaboration between ITN and Cineflix International with no commissioning broadcaster attached. Announcing the …

LONDON: DRG has wrapped up 13 new deals for the Channel 4 doc The Real King’s Speech, with sales to Canada and Latin America, among other markets. From 1212 Productions, The Real King’s Speech is inspired by the theatrical adaptation, …