World Screen

WARSAW: Bulgarian TV operator Bulsatcom has rolled out a selection of movie and thematic channels from SPI International/Filmbox’s pay-TV portfolio via its DTH platform and IPTV service. SPI’s flagship movie channel FilmBox Extra is now part of the offering on Bulsatcom’s DTH platform. In addition, 11 SPI/FilmBox channels have launched …

LONDON: In the U.K., digital revenues from services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime and Sky Store exceeded £1 billion ($1.5 billion) for the first time, making it “almost certain” that video will become a majority digital business in 2016, according to the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA). The U.K.’s combined games, …

LONDON: UKTV has secured the exclusive U.K. rights for Live Boxing: David Haye v Mark De Mori, the highly anticipated comeback fight of former boxing world champion David Haye, due to air on the free-to-air Dave channel later this month. The match will see Britain’s Haye compete against Australia’s Mark De …

LONDON: All3Media has acquired the drama production company New Pictures, which is behind hits such as The Missing and Indian Summers. In addition to The Missing (BBC One and Starz) and Indian Summers (Channel 4 and WGBH), New Pictures has on its slate the thrillers Rellik and Requiem, which have …

WARSAW: UPC DTH has launched another movie channel from SPI International/FilmBox as part of its satellite platform offering in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. FilmBox Extra HD is now available to UPC DTH subscribers as part of the FilmBox Pak, along with three other movie channels: FilmBox Premium, FilmBox Plus and …

MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 is bringing an additional 500 titles to its German VOD service maxdome, scoring an agreement with Disney for kids’ and family programming and feature films. The Disney content will be available through maxdome on a transactional basis and within the subscription package. The deal covers current episodes of …

LONDON/BURBANK: Channel 5 has picked up the exclusive U.K. rights for the new U.S. drama Dallas in a deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. The ten-part series is based on the popular drama that ran from 1978 to 1991 about the Ewing oil and cattle-ranching dynasty. The remake stars …

LONDON: A new study has found that TV advertising delivers the best return on investment (ROI) of any advertising medium, with ROI that is up 22 percent over the last five years. The Playback 3 independent study, commissioned from Ebiquity by Thinkbox, analyzed 3,000 ad campaigns across nine advertising sectors between …

BRUSSELS: The Competition Authority in Ireland has completed its investigation into RTÉ‘s commercial practices, following a complaint lodged by TV3, with the pubcaster agreeing to abolish its "share deal" scheme. The Irish free-to-air channel TV3 took issue with the public broadcaster, saying that RTÉ was abusing its dominance in TV …

WARSAW: Five additional HD channels have joined the lineup of Poland’s Platform ‘n’, bringing the total number of high-def offerings available through the service to 33. TVN Turbo HD and TVN Style HD will launch on November 4. TVN Turbo HD is a thematic channel aimed at men that is dedicated …