World Screen

LONDON: Content Media Corporation has invested in a 50-percent share of Jigsaw Productions, founded by Alex Gibney. Content’s film, TV and digital divisions will serve as the international distributor for Jigsaw’s programming when appropriate. Jigsaw will add additional staff, expand its development and increase its production output. Jigsaw has produced documentary …

PREMIUM: Hans-Holger Albrecht, the president and CEO of Modern Times Group, tells World Screen how he has been successfully building up the company’s growth areas, steering the group through turbulent economic times in some territories, while always looking ahead to new technologies and opportunities.   With operations that span four …

MILAN: Sky Italia has been granted the exclusive rights to broadcast all live races of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship starting from March 2013. Following an agreement with Formula One Management (FOM), Sky Italia will host the live broadcasts for all the events of the FIA Formula 1 World Championship …

WARSAW: Ringier Axel Springer is purchasing a 75-percent stake in the Polish online portal Onet.pl from TVN for 956.3 million zlotys ($270.9 million). Onet.pl is Poland’s leading online portal, reaching about 70 percent of the country’s Internet users. Under the terms of the agreement, Ringier Axel Springer Media will establish …

NEW YORK: Marking its first year under the NATPE Budapest banner, the annual event targeting Central and Eastern Europe will again see delegates converge at the Sofitel Chain Bridge Hotel for three days of deal-making on the Danube. Formerly known as DISCOP East, the market has been re-branded by its …

COPENHAGEN: The Danish public broadcaster DR has unveiled two new channels that are joining its portfolio in 2013, DR3 and Lille Ramasjang. DR3 will target viewers 15 to 39, with programming that will "surprise, provoke and challenge." Lille Ramasjang will be dedicated to children 3 to 6, complementing the existing …

LONDON: The British broadcasters ITV, BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 and other U.K. companies have come together to draw up a set of best practices guidelines to ensure a consistent approach for the use of social media when promoting premium services. The Association of Interactive Media & Entertainment (AIME) …

LEAVESDEN: Warner Bros. has opened a new film and TV studio in Leavesden, the first of its kind to be built in the U.K. in 70 years, the company said. The £100 million ($154.6 million) facility, dubbed Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden, is based just outside of Watford, Hertfordshire. It is the …

June 26 to 28, 2012   Marking its first year under the NATPE Budapest banner, the annual event targeting Central and Eastern Europe will again see delegates converge at the Sofitel Chain Bridge Hotel for three days of deal-making on the Danube. Formerly known as DISCOP East, the market has …

UNTERFÖHRING/MAINZ: Sky Deutschland has built upon its deal with ZDF Enterprises, securing the exclusive rights to crime thrillers and films across satellite, cable, IPTV, the Internet and mobile devices. The new, long-term pact offers exclusive pay-TV access to crime series like Die Rosenheim-Cops, the SOKO series, Ein Fall für zwei …