World Screen

CANNES: Fox International Channels is rolling out its flagship FOX channel in a host of southeastern European markets next week, including Albania, Serbia and Slovenia. On October 15, FOX will be available in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. The area already has FOX Life, …

MUNICH/CANNES: After its few first days in Cannes, Global Screen has done a number of different deals, including for long-running German series such as Alarm for Cobra 11. “A large number of sales have already been completed,” said Marlene Fritz, the head of TV sales at Global Screen. “We are …

CANNES: A number of deals were already secured by ZDF Enterprises before MIPCOM and the company has wrapped a further set of sales in Cannes.  Before the market even started, ZDFE had inked agreements with such broadcasters as the BBC, RAI Italy, TVE in Spain, FTV Prima in the Czech …

CANNES: MIPCOM officially wraps today in Cannes, with Reed MIDEM reporting 12,900 delegates hailing from 104 countries, of which 4,400 were buyers.  Of the buyers in attendance, more than 500 were from the VOD market. There was a spike in the number of companies from Latin America, up 36 percent; …

PREMIUM: Transporter: The Series, RTL’s big new co-production with HBO, got off to a solid start in Germany last week. RTL became the first network worldwide to give viewers a look at the series, based on the Transporter movies. The pilot, airing Thursday (October 11), pulled 4.01 million viewers and …

BURBANK/LONDON: CBS Studios International has licensed the new The CW series Beauty and the Beast to UKTV’s Watch entertainment channel. The show, starring Kristin Kreuk as a no-nonsense homicide detective and Jay Ryan as a handsome doctor who has gone into hiding, is slated to premiere in the U.K. in early 2013. …

VIENNA: Last week in Cannes ORF-Enterprise signed a number of agreements involving titles such as Four Women and a Funeral, Fast Forward and Tatort, to name a few. Four Women and a Funeral, a 36-episode crime series, was picked up by Fox Bulgaria. Six episodes from the show’s fourth season …

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has named Anna Settman to the role of executive VP of its Nordic pay-TV broadcasting operations, along with elevating Joseph Hundah to the post of executive VP for the African business and Bartek Gudowski to chief technology officer for Viasat Broadcasting. Settman joins the company after having …

LONDON/AMSTERDAM: Endemol UK and Endemol Netherlands have partnered with Dainty Group to co-manage the international digital rights to The Rolling Stones’ "50 and Counting" tour. This tour will be the first time the band has performed together in a half decade. The final gig is scheduled to take place at the …

STOCKHOLM: C More and Svensk Filmindustri have closed a deal for the SVOD rights for a package of films, crime series and children’s programming. Subscribers to C More gain access to all existing seasons of British crime series such as Midsomer Murders and Inspector Morse. C More also renewed the first …