World Screen

LONDON: The BBC has launched the latest version of its VOD iPlayer, which has been redesigned from the ground up and has a slew of new content. BBC iPlayer has a new look and feel, designed to make finding content simpler, discovering content easier and allows more options for curation …

PARIS: Gaspard de Chavagnac has been appointed CEO of Zodiak France. In this new role, de Chavagnac will spearhead the French division of Zodiak Media and coordinate the development and the production activities. He will be working alongside the managing directors of Zodiak’s French production companies. De Chavagnac is the …

LONDON/MADRID: Francisco Asensi has become the managing director of Endemol beyond Spain. Asensi will oversee and accelerate the expansion of digital video business initiatives within Endemol Spain. This includes entertainment network Tuiwok Studios, which launched on YouTube and now counts over 65 premium channels with over 40 million monthly views. …

PARIS: Five startups have been selected to pitch to a jury of TV decision-makers from companies such as A+E Networks, Sony Pictures Television, RTL Group, France Télévisions and all3media international at this year's MIPCube Lab. On April 7, these five selected startups will pitch to the jury. The selected finalists …

STOCKHOLM: Magine, the cloud-based TV service, has appointed Kamal Bherwani as its new chairman just as the company readies itself for more international expansion. Bherwani has been a Magine board member since September of last year. The service launched commercially in Sweden last March. He previously worked as the chief digital officer and …

MUNICH: WWE has signed a multiyear agreement with TELE 5 to bring Monday Night Raw back to free television in Germany starting next month. Monday Night Raw will begin airing on TELE 5 on April 10. The 2-hour version of the show will broadcast everything Thursday at 10:15 p.m. "Monday …

LONDON: FremantleMedia International is offering buyers a mix of dramas, documentaries, scripted entertainment, lifestyle offerings and classic Brit comedies at this year’s MIPTV. On the scripted front, there’s the 3×60-minute miniseries Jamaica Inn, an adaptation of the Daphne du Maurier novel produced by Origin Pictures for BBC One. Dicte (20×60 …

MUNICH: Stefan Oelze, former MME Moviement executive board member and filmpool managing director, has partnered with Beta Film to launch Seapoint Productions, a Cologne-based production outfit. Oelze was prevsioulsy the chief creative officer of MME Moviement, and managing director of both its subsidiaries filmpool and Tower Productions. Before that he …

LONDON: Home entertainment revenues in the U.K. rose 4 percent in 2013, marking the first increase in five years, driven by booming subscription sales from so-called "access services" such as Netflix and Spotify. The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) Yearbook reveals that Internet-derived sales (including home delivery, digital download and streaming …

UNTERFÖHRING: The ProSiebenSat.1 Group and WWE have agreed to a comprehensive long-term rights deal for free TV, pay TV and online platforms in Germany and Austria. The agreement includes all WWE pay-per-view programming on maxdome as well as weekly episodes of SmackDown on ProSieben MAXX free TV and Monday Night …