World Screen

LONDON: Advertising spending in measured media in the U.K. is forecast for a 7-percent increase this year, which is double what GroupM predicted just six months ago. In GroupM's This Year, Next Year UK report, measured ad spending is predicted to reach a total of £13.9 billion ($22.5 billion) this …

ROME: FOX Sports has expanded its offering in Italy with the launch of a second network, FOX Sports 2. FOX Sports 2 will be available exclusively to Sky Italy's subscribers of the Sports Package starting December 20. The programming lineup is anchored by American sports, including the NFL and Super …

LONDON: Passion Distribution has secured sales for a number of titles from Mentorn Media, including Paradise Hotel and Worst Driver. TV3 in Eire snapped up the documentaries Oscar Pistorius: What Really Happened? and Katie: My Beautiful Face, as well as the first three seasons of World's Scariest, a clips show. …

LONDON: Carl Hall is leaving Sky Vision to set up the indie producing outfit Warehouse 51 Productions, with Jane Millichip taking over as managing director. Hall will take on Sky Vision's Bristol production office under the Warehouse 51 banner. Going forward, Sky Vision will collaborate with Hall on the distribution …

LONDON: After a decade with the company, Jason Thorp is leaving his post as the executive VP of content for Europe and managing director for the U.K. and Africa at FOX International Channels (FIC). Diego Londoño, the president and chief operating officer at FIC Europe and Africa, is to take …

PARIS: The Eurosport Group has entered into a partnership with the Fédération Française de Tennis (FFT) for pan-European coverage of Roland Garros, the French Open tennis Grand Slam, until 2021. The deal, brokered by MP & Silva, covers live TV and digital rights for all European territories where Eurosport is …

LONDON: This holiday season BBC is set to air a wide variety of religious content on the television channels BBC One, BBC Two and BBC Four, as well as on the radio stations BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 3 and BBC Radio 4. BBC One has slated Fern Britton Meets…, …

PARIS: Vivendi's supervisory board has unanimously backed a plan to split off the group's SFR telecoms business as part of its moves to focus more on media, tapping Vincent Bolloré to serve as chairman after the demerger. "Based on the analysis submitted, this plan could take the form of a …

LONDON: Channel 4's 4oD has become the latest terrestrial catch-up TV service to launch on Sky's NOW TV Box, which already offers access to BBC iPlayer and Channel 5's Demand 5. Shows such as Homeland, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Made in Chelsea as well as box sets from classic …

SINGAPORE: Each of the three titles selected by BBC Worldwide as ATF highlights has a different appeal for audiences, according to Joyce Yeung, the company’s executive VP and general manager for Asia. “For Hidden Kingdoms, even as a factual show it has a drama angle to it,” she says. “It …