World Screen

MUNICH/MAINZ: Amazon’s LOVEFiLM has added a number of thrillers and documentaries from the ZDF Enterprises catalogue to its VOD offerings. The crime series Arne Dahl, Verdict Revised and Commissario Montalbano are among those included in the licensing pact. Also in the mix are the documentaries Die Deutschen, Der Heilige Krieg …

ISTANBUL: High production values, attractive stories and top-notch acting talent are among the reasons cited by ITV-Inter Medya for the success of programming coming out of Turkey. “The series and telenovelas labeled ‘Made in Turkey’ became the new trend among the international broadcasters all around the globe…in the last couple …

HAMILTON: Net revenues for the year at Central European Media Enterprises (CME) were down from $864.8 million to $772.1 million. OIBDA for the year was $125.4 million, compared to the $167 million in the prior year. Operating loss for the year was $488.2 million, compared to the positive income of …

LONDON: Anne Bulford has stepped down as the chief operating officer of Channel 4 to join the BBC as managing director of finance and operations. Bulford joined Channel 4 as the group finance director in July 2005. She became acting chief executive from October 2009 to May 2010, later being …

LONDON: ITV reported profit before tax of £348 million, which is up 6 percent year-on-year and led by double-digit growth in revenues from production and digital. Total earnings were £2.2 billion, a gain of 3 percent from the prior year. Revenue from ITV’s broadcast and online segment was £1.83 billion, up …

LONDON: Sky has secured 116 live matches per year for Premier League Football for the seasons running from 2013-14 until 2015-16 in Ireland. Sky has the live rights across all platforms. This means that viewers can catch the football action on TV as well as through Sky Go on computers, smartphones, …

ISTANBUL: Kanal D is offering Lost City and Kuzey Güney to global buyers at DISCOP West Asia. The strength of Turkish drama series has been evidenced by the success of shows such as Lost City and Kuzey Güney. Both series have been top performers in their native Turkey and have …

MUNICH: The ProSiebenSat.1 Group saw its revenues rise by 7.7 percent in 2012 to 2.96 billion euros, thanks to the strong performance from its digital segment and its core free-TV business. The organization called its Digital & Adjacent segment the "strongest growth driver in the financial year 2012." External revenues increased …

PREMIUM: Alex Mahon, the CEO of the Shine Group, talks to TV Europe about the group’s expansion and continued quest for top-notch creativity. TV EUROPE: What has been the Shine Group’s growth strategy? What production and media entities have you been looking for and how do they contribute to the …

CANNES: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) is bringing the final chapter in the long-running drama Agatha Christie’s Poirot to MIPTV. Made famous by the novels of Agatha Christie, the character of detective Hercule Poirot has gained recognition the world over. In Agatha Christie’s, the fictional detective is brought to …