World Screen

LONDON: Channel 4 in the U.K. has named Nick Lee as its acquired series manager, a newly created role. In his new post Lee will be charged with the creation and roll-out strategy for acquired programming across Channel 4's catalogue and 4oD. He will work under Martin Baker, the director …

LONDON: ITV has extended its agreement to air the Tour de France cycling showpiece event until 2019. ITV4 has been home to the event for U.K. viewers since 2002. Under the new agreement, the channel's coverage will continue until the end of the decade. The pact also includes the rights …

CANNES: Since its creation in 1988, the Forum des images has held a special place in the heart of Paris’s audiovisual landscape. Its original mission was to compile a living memory bank of the audiovisual collection of Paris. It now hosts yearly programming screenings, events and discussions focused on celebrating …

LONDON: New research from Deloitte has found that the television industry generated £17.5 billion ($27.7 billion) in revenues in the U.K. in 2012, which represents around 1 percent of the national GDP. The report, What Television Is: 2013, was commissioned by The Royal Television Society. It also found that indirect …

CANNES: The new period drama Breathless, from the team behind Mr Selfridge, is set in 1961. The series, starring Jack Davenport (Pirates of the Caribbean), centers on a group of medical professionals working at a London hospital. “It’s set during a fascinating period, just before the sexual revolution, and features …

HAMILTON: Christoph Mainusch and Michael Del Nin have become the new co-CEOs of Central European Media Enterprises (CME), effective today. For the past decade and a half, Mainusch has been the CEO of a number of media companies. He most recently held the title of consultant for Turner Broadcasting International. …

LONDON: FremantleMedia is set to showcase a wide range of content from its Kids and Family Entertainment division, FremantleMedia International distribution arm and global entertainment development format team at MIPCOM. Kids and Family Entertainment titles will include Kate & Mim-Mim, a 3D animated preschool program, and Bunks, a 90-minute film. …

MAINZ: The VOD project known as Germany's Gold—a proposition from ZDF Enterprises, several commercial arms of pubcaster ARD and indie producers and distributors such as Beta Film and Brainpool—has been blocked by the German Cartel Office. The joint venture was supposed to offer Internet users high-quality content, which would be …

LONDON: Comedy Central in the U.K. has secured the exclusive broadcast rights for The Millers and We Are Men, along with renewing its rights for King of Queens and Rules of Engagement, through a deal with CBS Studios International. The Millers stars Will Arnett as a newly divorced man whose …

MUNICH: TANDEM Communications is staffing up, hiring three new executives, including Ben Stoll, who joins as director of development. Stoll was most recently a development executive at Channel 4, working on such series as Shameless, Skins, Run and Misfits. Stoll was previously the head of development and deputy commissioning editor …