World Screen

MADRID: The Spanish football league La Liga has signed a domestic TV deal worth a minimum 2.65 billion euros ($2.8 billion) for the next three seasons. Telefonica's Movistar will have first choice of one match from each round of fixtures for 250 million euros ($265 million) a season. Mediapro will …

LONDON: Sky Vision has entered into an exclusive first-look development deal with LittleRock Pictures, a newly formed production company based in London. Under the agreement, Sky Vision will support the development of scripted content by the company for international distribution. LittleRock Pictures, which specializes in comedy and drama, was founded …

LONDON: Endemol Shine UK has aligned with Karen Ross, the creative director of MasterChef, to launch the new production outfit Sidney Street. The new venture will specialize in food, factual and lifestyle formats. Ross has been working at the helm of MasterChef in the U.K. for 12 years. She launched …

DUBLIN: Ireland's largest telecommunications company, eir, has purchased Setanta Sports Channel Ireland, marking its entry into the TV-content market. Setanta Sports Ireland offers a range of exclusive sports content, including Live Barclays Premier League Games, every UEFA Champions League game and exclusive Europa League games, FA Cup, exclusive European Rugby …

MOSCOW: Endemol Shine Group has revealed that Yulia Sumacheva was recently named CEO of WeiT Media, a leading production company in Russia with a portfolio of scripted and nonscripted programming. As CEO, Sumacheva will continue to be supported in her day-to-day operations by COO Roman Elistraiov. She began working for …

STOCKHOLM: Bonnier Broadcasting has named Henri Caddeo its new chief technical officer, with the exec slated to take up the role in the spring. Caddeo will have broad responsibility for technology for Bonnier’s entire business area, and will coordinate and develop the technology organizations within the TV4 Group, SVOD service …

BRUSSELS: The European Commission has proposed new regulations for access to online content services across country borders, in addition to outlining its vision to modernize current EU copyright rules. Currently, Europeans traveling within the EU may be cut off from online services providing films, sports broadcasts, music, e-books or games …

LONDON: DRG has entered into a content partnership with Outline Productions following the recent announcement that Outline was commissioned to produce a U.K. version of the DRG format Born On. Under the agreement, DRG will help Outline to expand its business and contribute to a development fund to invest in …

LONDON: Ofcom's latest International Communications Market Report shows that U.K. viewers are using more hi-tech TV gadgets than any other major country, though traditional live TV still remains the most popular way of tuning in. Ofcom research suggests that 70 percent of U.K. adults (31 million) will watch TV using …

LONDON: Endemol Shine UK has picked up a 50 percent stake in the production company Douglas Road, which was established last year by Lenny Henry and Barbara Emile. The agreement will see Endemol Shine International taking on worldwide distribution for new IP created by Douglas Road. The company's recent credits …