World Screen

MADRID: Content from Televisión Española, including the historical series Isabel, will be presented for international buyers at MIPCOM by RTVE’s commercial department. Isabel is a prime-time series that spotlights Spain’s Isabella the Catholic. The drama is being offered by RTVE alongside the new comedy Stamos okupa2. The series features Carmen …

STOCKHOLM: Jonas Linnander-Manfred has been named the new managing director of international sales for MTG Studios, effective October 15. In his new role, Linnander-Manfred will work toward transforming the company—formerly named Modern Studios—into one of the industry’s top content providers. Linnander-Manfred previously worked for ITV Studios Nordic, where he served as the director of international …

MUNICH: The Walt Disney Company has bought the German commercial channel Das Vierte. The purchase is still subject to approval by the German federal cartel office Bundeskartellamt. Das Vierte, which translates to The Fourth, was purchased by Disney from the Russian media executive Dmitry Lesnevsky. Disney is already present in …

STOCKHOLM: Eccho Rights, the new distribution branch of the Sparks/Eccho Group, is slated to offer an array of new formats and series this MIPCOM. Unscripted formats include titles such as Exit, a room-escape challenge variety show from NTV; My Way, a KBS entertainment reality format involving a singing competition in …

PREMIUM: ITV’s singing contest The X Factor pulled the biggest audience of the week September 16 to 23 in the U.K., with other ITV shows also taking top spots in the ratings chart. With show creator Simon Cowell making a rare personal appearance, X Factor attracted 9.36 million viewers Sunday, …

MUNICH: Global Screen’s catalogue for MIPCOM contains a number of feature films, series, documentaries and event movies, including Heroes, which it just acquired in a deal with Dreamtool Entertainment. Heroes is produced by Dreamtool for Germany’s RTL. The film presents a disaster scenario set in 2013, when a French telecommunications …

STOCKHOLM: Two separate agreements have been signed by C More, one with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios and another with Paramount Pictures, that renew its access to the pay-TV rights for film packages. The exclusive multi-year agreement with MGM gives C More’s subscribers access to the pay-TV premiere of a number of films for TV, …

LONDON: Sky in the U.K. has made a number of enhancements to its DVR service, Sky+, including rolling out a new seven-day catch-up TV section. More than 9 million Sky subscribing homes have the Sky+ PVR. Users can now access the seven-day Catch Up TV, featuring Sky’s own shows as …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide Channels is planning to create more original programs for its international portfolio of channels, looking to increase the amount of hours threefold. The plan is to have three times the amount of original hours ordered for BBC Knowledge, BBC Entertainment, BBC Lifestyle and UKTV. The effort will see …

PARIS: A number of actors, directors, writers, producers and show business personalities are headed to Cannes to promote new projects at MIPCOM, among them Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, stars of the period drama The Americans. This year’s World Premiere TV Screening is the drama The Americans, sold by 20th Century …