World Screen

LONDON: Outright Distribution has sold the U.S. version of Wall to Wall’s original format Who Do You Think You Are? to a number of Scandinavian countries. Sweden’s SVT, Denmark’s DR, Norway’s NRK, Iceland’s 365 and Finland’s MTV3 have all signed …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide Channels and CANAL+ Cyfrowy have signed a carriage deal for the high-definition network BBC HD to be available immediately to subscribers of CYFRA+. BBC HD is now available as part of the Prestizowy HD+ tier and the HD Mix …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group’s Viasat Broadcasting is set to launch a sports-focused, male-targeted channel in Sweden this September. TV10 launches September 7 and will reach more than 50 percent of Swedish homes at launch, via Com Hem and Viasat’s own …

LONDON/LUCERNCE: The nominees for the 2010 Rose d’Or competition have been announced, with the U.K. notching up the most nods, 48, followed by Germany in a far second, with 9. Canada had seven nominations, while the Netherlands scored six, Spain …

LONDON: British media regulator Ofcom reports that the World Cup is driving an increase in HDTV sales, which topped 24 million in the U.K. by the end of March 2010. With the tournament kicking off in South Africa tomorrow, Ofcom …

LOS ANGELES: Discovery Channel’s Tom Cosgrove has been selected to run the upcoming 3D network from Sony Corporation, Discovery Communications and IMAX Corporation. As president and CEO, Cosgrove has responsibility for all business and creative areas of the joint venture, reporting to …

LONDON/TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Olivier Dumont has been tapped to lead all of E1 Entertainment’s kids’ programming operations, including development, production, sales, licensing and merchandising. As managing director of E1 Kids, Dumont will report directly to John Morayniss, CEO of E1 Television. His …

LONDON/LAS VEGAS: FremantleMedia Enterprises has signed up the worldwide distributor (excluding Asia) for the boy-targeted animated property Monsuno from JAKKS Pacific and Dentsu, marking the first programming deal for the company’s recently launched children’s and family entertainment division. In January, JAKKS, which …

NASHVILLE: Tom Neff, founder and former CEO of The Documentary Channel (DOC), has set up a new venture to develop "branded documentaries." Via Tom Neff Productions (TNP), Neff will develop titles built around corporations and institutions, relaying their histories and issues …

NEW YORK: Luther, the new BBC One drama starring The Wire‘s Idris Elba, is set to air on BBC America later this year. The U.S. cable channel is a co-producer on the 6×1-hour first season of tpsychological thriller. Elba, an associated producer …