World Screen

STOCKHOLM: Morten Mogensen is transitioning from the role of program director of MTG TV in Denmark to the newly created post of chief content officer for MTG free-TV in Scandinavia. Mogensen assumes the new role as of November 1. He will be working with the program directors in each country …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has sold the new paranormal thriller Intruders to the French telecom operator OCS, while the factual-entertainment series Katherine Mills: Mind Games was picked up by Seven Network in Australia and TVNZ in New Zealand. Intruders is a new eight-part series from BBC Worldwide Productions for BBC America. …

LONDON: Sky has invested $7 million in Whistle Sports, a U.S. sports-focused online video network that caters to a young Millennial demo. The two will be working together to create new content for younger sports fans. Whistle Sports features a host of online personalities who create original video content themed …

UNTERFÖHRING: Sky Deutschland and Warner Bros. International Television Distribution have signed an early extension of their existing multiplatform agreement, adding to it some rights for library titles for nonlinear services. The long-term contract between the two includes on-demand rights for all current new movies during the pay-TV window, as well …

PARIS: The Series Mania European Co-Production Forum, organized by Forum des images and supported by the E.U.'s Creative Europe program, is looking for fiction series to take part in its third edition, which will be held April 22 to 24, 2015. Ten projects—eight European and two from outside of Europe—will …

LONDON: The 2014 MTV EMA music awards show is to broadcast live simultaneously on both Channel 5 and MTV in the U.K. for the first time this year. Nicki Minaj is hosting the event, which will air on Sunday, November 9, with a one-hour time delay at 9 p.m. on …

UNTERFÖHRING: Sky Deutschland has unveiled a standalone online TV service, Sky Online, which makes it possible to access a range of premium content directly through the Internet. Sky Online allows users without a traditional Sky subscription to register for a separate monthly contract to be able to enjoy the latest …

UNTERFÖHRING: Sky Deutschland and Turner Broadcasting System have extended their partnership for several more years and have expanded the pact to include more nonlinear rights. Viewers can watch the U.S. series Salem on TNT Serie, the original production InStyle: Das TV-Magazin on TNT Glitz and Die Cartoon Network Praktikanten: Jimi …

NEW YORK: Mike Moriarty, currently the managing director of AMC Networks’ Central Europe operations and digital media facility DMC, will now also oversee AMC Networks International – Zone, the company has announced. Moriarty’s expanded remit takes over the role occupied by Dermot Shortt, formerly head of AMC Networks International – …

SANTA MONICA: Each of the three top highlights from Red Arrow International has “outstanding talent on and off camera,” according to Irina Ignatiew, the company’s managing director of global scripted distribution. Oscar winners Dame Judi Dench and Dustin Hoffman star in Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot. The project also boasts Oscar-nominated …