World Screen

NEW YORK: Showtime Networks has formally confirmed Imagine Television’s David Nevins’ appointment as president of entertainment, succeeding Robert Greenblatt. Nevins, who will report to Showtime’s chairman and CEO, Matthew C. Blank, has been president of Imagine Television since 2002. In his new …

HUERTH: Sony Pictures Television’s German production operation has signed up a host of new commissions for scripted and unscripted fare for ZDF, Sat.1, RTL and WDR. SPT Germany is producing Das Comeback (The Comeback), a comedic movie for ZDF, Deutschland’s Meisterkoch …

NEW YORK: Marvel Entertainment has tapped Jeph Loeb to lead its newly created television division, where his mandate includes translating the comic-book giant’s characters and stories into animated and live-action properties for TV. As executive VP and head of television, Loeb …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment has licensed the original 1967 production of The Prisoner to Arte, which will begin airing the series for its French and German audiences July 24. Four episodes of The Prisoner will be dubbed in German for …

SILVER SPRING: Investigation Discovery—profiled in World Screen’s Top 100 U.S. Cable & Satellite Channels report—is boosting its slate of primetime news magazines, adding shows with NBC/MSNBC legal analyst Dan Abrams and 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley.  Chasing Justice with Dan Abrams and …

SYDNEY: BBC Worldwide Australia has licensed the six-part Luther and the 3×90-minute Strike Back to ABC TV for broadcast later this year. “Combining smart storytelling, volatile and complex characters with fast-paced action, both Luther and Strike Back are sure to make a …

LONDON: This September, Vintage TV will roll out on Sky and Freesat in the U.K., targeting viewers over 50 with programming about the music, culture, fashion and trends of the 1940s through the 1980s. Vintage TV is set for a September …

LONDON/UNIVERSAL CITY: The British free-TV rights to a slate of feature films and a selection of TV series—including Monk—are part of ITV’s new licensing agreement with NBC Universal International Television Distribution. Current film titles in the deal will make their free television premiere …

LONDON: British media regulator Ofcom has released a set of proposed rules to govern product placement on TV, which it expects will be introduced by year-end. In February, Ben Bradshaw, the U.K.’s Secretary of State for Culture, Media & Sport, …

JOHANNESBURG/BURBANK: An estimated 14.9 million viewers tuned in to ABC on Saturday to watch the U.S. take on Ghana in the World Cup, with a further 4.5 million watching the match on Univision. Ghana’s 2-1 victory in extra time, knocking the …