World Screen

LONDON: Tobi de Graaff, formerly the director of global TV distribution at ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE), has joined BBC Worldwide as the executive VP for Western Europe. De Graaff will be overseeing BBC Worldwide's businesses across German- and French-speaking markets in Europe, as well as Benelux, Scandinavia, Italy …

UNTERFÖHRING: Sky Deutschland says it added 82,000 subscribers in the second quarter, bringing its base to 3.81 million, with revenues rising 14 percent to 428 million euros ($572 million) and EBITDA up 23 percent to 45 million euros ($60 million). The platform said ARPU in the period was 34.52 euros ($46) …

LONDON: The Royal Television Society (RTS) has readied the full lineup for the upcoming RTS London Conference 2014, which will open with a keynote address from Chase Carey, the president and COO of 21st Century Fox. The event, which takes place September 9 under the theme "Power, Politics and the …

LONDON: Sky Vision has entered into first-look agreements with ACME Films, which specializes in drama and factual programming, and Spark Media Partners, a format-focused production outfit. Sky Vision will be working with both companies to co-develop programming with international appeal for worldwide distribution. ACME Films is owned by Jamie D'Cruz, …

WARSAW/PRAGUE/BRATISLAVA: FilmBox Live, SPI International's VOD and live streaming app, is being offered for free to all subscribers of the Mixbox package from Skylink, a satellite platform in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Ten channels from the FilmBox portfolio are now available through Mixbox. These include FilmBox, FilmBox Plus, FilmBox …

LONDON: This week, NOW TV is launching a brand-new weekly pass that offers live sporting action from Sky Sports for streaming over the Internet at a reduced price. The Sky Sports Week Pass becomes available this Thursday for £10.99. It will offer all seven Sky Sports channels for seven days, …

STOCKHOLM: Cloud-based TV service Magine TV has hired former IBM exec Dr. Ambuj Goyal as its president and COO just as the company readies to expand internationally. Goyal, who has been a member of the Magine TV board since May, worked 32 years with IBM. As the computer company’s general …

LONDON/CULVER CITY: Kate Marsh has been elevated to executive VP of networks for Western Europe at Sony Pictures Television (SPT), with oversight for the recently acquired CSC Media Group and its channels. SPT's deal to acquire CSC and its 16 channels has received regulatory approval and is now final; SPT …

LONDON: Sky has set new targets to improve the representation of black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people across its entertainment channels. All new, non-returning shows on Sky entertainment channels will have people from BAME backgrounds in at least 20 percent of significant on-screen roles. This spans drama, comedy, entertainment …

LONDON: Endemol Beyond UK has launched an international sports-themed channel in partnership with YouTube star Olatunji, better known as KSI. The channel, Rule'm Sports, is available at youtube.com/rulemsports. It will feature more than 150 pieces of premium sports entertainment content over the next 12 months. KSI, who has around 9 …