World Screen

LONDON: The ITV drama Appropriate Adult, about serial killer Fred West, scored four nominations for the 2012 BAFTA television awards, including nods for best actor and best actress. The lead actor category features Dominic West for his role in Appropriate Adult, alongside Benedict Cumberbatch for Sherlock, John Simm for Exile …

LONDON: Rupert Murdoch again faces questioning stemming from the phone-hacking scandal, this time testifying about his relationship with British politicians at the U.K.’s media ethics inquiry. The new inquiry is in regards to claims that he used his British newspapers to influence politicians for the benefit of his business interests. …

BERLIN: A number of companies from the German media and production sector, including ZDF Enterprises, Beta Film and Telepool, have aligned to support the launch of a VOD portal, subject to approval of the German cartel office. A total of 17 firms have combined to found Gold, an outfit based …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has been awarded the live TV broadcasting rights for UEFA Champions League football in the Czech Republic, starting later this year and ending with the 2014-15 championship. The rights package includes broadcast coverage on free TV and exclusive rights for pay TV, mobile and Internet in the …

LONDON: The U.K.’s culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has agreed to disclose all private text messages and emails that were exchanged with his special adviser in regard to News Corp.’s BSkyB takeover. Hunt is giving the materials to the media ethics inquiry led by Lord Justice Brian Levenson. The claim is …

LONDON: Advisers Media International (AMI) has renewed its contract for the exclusive broadcast and new-media rights for the next six years of programming from the Football Association (FA). The agreement builds on their current four-year contract, which covers 27 territories throughout Central and Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The deal …

NEW YORK: A kid-friendly interactive stage show based on the hit CBS series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is being produced by Lemon for a tour in Spain and Portugal. Lemon is the largest producer of children’s shows in the Iberian Peninsula. A multi-city tour will kick off in Lisbon, Portugal, …

LONDON: Stuart Murphy, the controller of Sky 1 HD and director of commissioning, has been promoted to the director of Sky entertainment channels. Murphy takes on responsibility for the entertainment portfolio of Sky Atlantic HD, Sky Arts HD and Sky Living HD as well as Sky 1 HD. The director …

  This feature originally appeared in the MIPTV 2012 issue of TV Europe.   Consolidation is the way of the media sector just as in any other business. Indeed, new technologies aside, perhaps the most obvious trend in television since deregulation really took hold in the 1990s has been big …

LONDON: A report from the Culture, Media and Sport select committee into News International and the phone-hacking scandal declares that Rupert Murdoch "is not a fit person to exercise the stewardship of a major international company." "If at all relevant times, Rupert Murdoch did not take steps to become fully …