World Screen

LONDON: The British TV provider TalkTalk has secured a deal with NBCUniversal to bring a range of U.S. box sets, featuring series such as Suits, Grimm and 30 Rock, to customers. The new package, TVBox, offers on-demand box sets of a number of U.S. series from the NBCU catalogue. The …

PARIS/WARSAW: CANAL+ Group and ITI Group have said they are considering offloading their 51-percent stake in Poland's TVN Group. In a joint statement, CANAL+ and ITI said they have received approaches over the last several months about the sale of their TVN stake. "Both the ITI Group and CANAL+ Group …

LONDON: BSkyB has said that it will own at least 69 percent of Sky Deutschland once the takeover period closes, after more minority investors than originally expected signed up for the offer. In June, BSkyB paid $9 billion for Sky Italia and a 57 percent share in Sky Deutschland. BSkyB's …

LONDON: SPI International's VOD service FilmBox Live is now available on PlayStation 4 (PS4) platforms in Turkey, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia. PS4 users in those territories now have unlimited access to a hefty selection of movies, television series and thematic videos. Titles available in Poland …

UNTERFÖHRING: ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland has tapped Koby Gal-Raday as its senior VP of international co-productions and documentaries, a newly created post. Gal-Raday is due to start his role November 15, reporting directly to Wolfgang Link, the CEO of ProSiebenSat.1 TV Deutschland. The exec will be charged with expanding the international …

LONDON: Former Publicis and all3media exec Samantha Glynne has been tapped to spearhead a push into global branded content at FremantleMedia. Glynne joined the company last week as its VP of branded entertainment in the Digital & Branded Entertainment Division. She’s based in London, where she reports to CEO Keith …

NEW YORK/LONDON: Louise Pedersen, who has been serving as managing director of all3media international, is joining Playground Entertainment in the newly created role of managing director of its U.K. operations. Pedersen will be involved in all the commercial aspects of the company and will be responsible for day-to-day activities in …

LONDON: Keshet UK, a division of Keshet International, has made two new senior hires for its creative team in an attempt to boost British production. Ashley Blaker now joins the team as the head of comedy, while Kevin Mundye has been tapped as head of U.K. formats and global consultant. …

LONDON: The U.K.’s Channel 5 is set to release its TV Everywhere platform Demand 5 on Amazon Fire TV, making the service available on a wide range of mobile and TV devices. Demand 5 lets viewers watch programs broadcast on Channel 5, 5USA and 5* instantly, wherever and whenever they …

PARIS: CANAL+ OVERSEAS has entered into an agreement to acquire a majority stake in THEMA, which specializes in the distribution of generalist, specialist and ethnic TV channels. THEMA distributes channels to cable, satellite and IPTV operators in France and internationally. THEMA also operates the African fiction channel Nollywood TV and …