World Screen

STOCKHOLM: Anna Rastner has been tapped for the role of head of digital programs at Sweden’s TV4 Group. Rastner, currently the head of editorial business development at Mittmedia, will be responsible for enhancing and developing TV4 Group’s TV offering on all digital platforms. This includes the development of concepts directly …

LONDON: BBC One has commissioned the competition show The Getaway Car, hosted by Dermot O’Leary and featuring Top Gear’s The Stig. The Saturday night entertainment show sees pairs—couples, grandparents and grandchildren, siblings or best friends—get behind the wheel of a car and attempt to work together under fast-paced driving conditions …

LONDON: Comedy Central UK has renewed its deal with Warner Bros. International Television for the exclusive rights to air the entire Friends library. The two signed an additional four-year contract for the show, which first launched on Comedy Central UK in 2011. Friends regularly attracts some 5.9 million viewers each …

LONDON: The BBC Trust has launched its second public consultation regarding the transition of BBC Three to an online-only service, the addition of a +1 channel for BBC One, the evolution of the iPlayer and extended hours for CBBC. The Trust is again calling on the public and stakeholders to …

LONDON: FOX UK has acquired Talking Dead, the live companion after show for the hit zombie thriller The Walking Dead. Season six of The Walking Dead kicks off October 12 at 9 p.m. on FOX UK. Talking Dead will air immediately following each episode. The live after show is hosted …

LONDON: Chris Moll, a former Creative England exec, has joined Catalyst Global Media in a hybrid, senior-level position that includes both executive producer and producer responsibilities. Moll will work under Charlotte Walls, the company's co-founder and CEO. His duties include sourcing high-quality, commercially viable projects for Catalyst's development and production …

LONDON: Channel 4 has picked up a minority stake in the indie sports producer Whisper Films, which is looking to build up the TV arm of its business. Whisper Films has a reputation for creating high-quality sports programming, with a slate that includes films for global brands within Formula 1, …

LONDON: BT TV has inked a new agreement that sees the full portfolio of UKTV channels becoming available to its customers for the first time, and also includes catch-up and streaming rights. Starting this month, UKTV's Eden, Good Food and Home will be available via BT set-top boxes, joining Gold, …

UNTERFÖHRING: Sky Deutschland is set to roll out in October an entire HD channel dedicated to the James Bond film catalogue. The launch of the channel, which will be called Sky 007 HD, marks the first time the complete library of Bond films will be broadcast uninterrupted, and optionally with …

AMSTERDAM/LONDON: Endemol Shine Group has upped Georg Ramme to global managing director of digital video network Endemol Beyond, though the exec will also hold his current role as managing director of the network’s German hub. As global managing director, Ramme will be responsible for worldwide strategy including the growth of …