World Screen

BERLIN: The 3x90-minute event movie Ku’damm 56, a top highlight for ZDF Enterprises at Berlinale, tells a story of young women in the 1950s and their rebelliousness against the view of a woman’s role in post-war society.

BERLIN: As FILM.UA Distribution returns to the Berlinale market, the company is keen to promote the feature The Stolen Princess to attendees.

BERLIN: Making its first outing at Berlinale, all3media international is showcasing Ice, a thriller set at an Antarctic research station.

Joanna Stephens explores the tax incentives that are reshaping the U.K.’s production landscape. It just got a whole lot cheaper to make expensive television in the U.K. Under the country’s new high-end TV (HETV) tax-relief system, producers can claim a rebate of up to 25 percent of U.K. expenditure on …

Steve Clarke provides an in-depth look at the latest developments in the French media sector. In an era of smart technology, binge-viewing and on-demand content, TV watching has changed beyond all recognition—except, perhaps, in France. At 9 p.m. on an average Sunday evening, it’s commonplace for French families to gather …

MIAMI: Dori Media Group has placed its romantic comedy Esperanza Mia (My Lovely Hope) with RTL in Hungary for a prime-time slot.

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2015 issue of World Screen. Sky (formerly BSkyB) was formed in November 1990 from the merger of two competing satellite television services, Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting. Over the course of the following 25 years, not only has Sky established itself as …

More than 20 companies are attending NATPE Europe for the first time, joining some 100 exhibitors that have participated in the market in previous years. This is seen as a vote of confidence in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region, which NATPE serves with its event and conference in …

LONDON: Simon Callow (Shakespeare in Love, Four Weddings and a Funeral) has been lined up to lead the cast of The Rebel, a new original scripted comedy series for UKTV’s Gold.

Bob Jenkins was in Prague this week reporting on the speakers and sessions taking place at NATPE Europe and surveying attendees about trends in CEE. Another edition of NATPE Europe has come to a close, after four days that included screenings from Hollywood studios, sessions on formats and co-productions, a …