World Screen

BRISTOL: ESPN has reached a deal with UEFA for the multiplatform rights to the 2012 and 2016 European Football Championship (EURO) in the U.S., after having served as the broadcast home for the tournament in 2008. English-language coverage will be carried …

OSLO: Nordic World has established an exclusive format distribution partnership with Northern Alliance Group, adding more than 20 titles to its slate. Northern Alliance Group is comprised of Moskito of Finland, Monster from Norway, Gong in Denmark and Sweden’s Baluba. …

LONDON: British satellite platform Sky has signed up 70,000 customers for its 3D offering, which launched in October 2010. "3D has got off to a great start with around 70,000 customers having signed up to the service in the first few …

WASHINGTON D.C.: BBC Worldwide America has struck a development deal with Canada’s Temple Street Productions, with both companies focused on jointly developing and investing in factual-entertainment series for the U.S. market. Two projects are already in development. The first explores …

OTTAWA: CBC/Radio-Canada has unveiled a five-year strategy for what viewers can expect from the public broadcaster, under the banner "Everyone, Every way." “We want to be recognized by Canadians as the leader in expressing Canadian culture and enriching democracy on …

NEW YORK: Elizabeth Guider, most recently the editor of The Hollywood Reporter, is set to begin contributing feature articles to World Screen. Guider was editor of The Hollywood Reporter for three years, following 18 years at Variety. The veteran journalist …

LONDON: Bedlam Productions, the producer behind the Oscar-nominated movie The King’s Speech, has appointed LillaVision to represent its slate of non-scripted and scripted TV projects. Bedlam Productions is led by Simon Breen, Simon Egan and Gareth Unwin. The London-based indie …

NEW YORK: Time Warner’s 2010 revenues gained 6 percent to $26.9 billion, while quarterly revenues rose 8 percent to $7.8 billion, delivering a net income of $769 million. “Time Warner had an outstanding year in 2010," said Jeffrey Bewkes, chairman …

SILVER SPRING: Investigation Discovery (ID) has a slate of five new originals to launch in February and March, following on the network’s record-breaking ratings success in January. The six-part series Sins and Secrets will make its world premiere on February 17. …

LONDON: Oliver Ellis and Helen Howells, former senior executives at Target Entertainment, have formed a new children’s production and rights company, Hoho Entertainment. Hoho Entertainment already has a development slate in place, with a first production to be announced in …