World Screen

LONDON: Paul Dempsey has been tapped to fill the CEO role at BBC Worldwide on an interim basis, until Tim Davie takes over next year when he passes on the BBC director-general post to Tony Hall. Dempsey is currently the managing director for consumer products at BBC Worldwide. He will oversee …

NEW YORK: AMC/Sundance Channel Global has firmed up two new carriage pacts that bring Sundance Channel to Digiturk in Turkey and Cyfrowy Polsat and Toya in Poland. The network is set to launch on Digiturk, Turkey’s largest DTH platform, as a locally versioned 24-hour offering. The linear channel will be …

LONDON: The British multichannel provider UKTV has secured a fourth DTT channel slot, which, for now, will be occupied by a catch-up service for Dave. Dave Ja Vu, which provides catch-up opportunities for the entertainment channel Dave, will hold the Freeview channel 25 space for a limited time starting in 2013. …

SINGAPORE: As the distribution arm of Russia Television and Radio, the largest state-owned media holding in the Russian federation, SOVTELEEXPORT offers the market more than 14,000 hours of programming. All have a distinctive Russian flavor, with stories that are universal in their appeal. Julia Matiash, the director of SOVTELEEXPORT, highlights …

LONDON: Michelle Waldron, who was previously the senior VP of marketing and operations at National Geographic Television International, has set up a consultancy for the content business, Beyond the Box. The company will provide a range of strategic marketing services for content creators and distributors. This includes everything from writing …

LONDON: BT and the British Museum have launched a brand-new VOD channel on BT Vision that is dedicated entirely to the historic U.K. attraction. The on-demand channel is available free of charge to all BT TV customers. It will show films produced by the British Museum, with a mix of short- and long-form …

LONDON: The Sky Internet TV service NOW TV has been made available on Roku streaming players. Users can find the NOW TV service within their Roku Channel Store. Once registered, customers gain instant access to Sky Movies, with no contract, set-up costs or installation. NOW TV is already available on PC, …

ROME: Sky Italia is rolling out a number of new enhancements to its Sky Go service, including making its on-demand section available on tablets, PCs and Macs. More than 600 movies, series, documentaries and other offerings will be available on demand on various devices. The service will be exclusively available …

PREMIUM: Wednesday prime time around big Western European countries showed an eclectic mix of audience winners, with local drama, current affairs, a U.S. series and an imported format all topping the ratings in various markets on November 28. In Germany, there was a dead heat at the top this week …

LONDON: In his final report after a year-long ethics inquiry, stemming from the News of the World phone-hacking scandal, Lord Justice Brian Leveson is calling for British press to have a "mechanism for independent self-regulation." The inquiry was ordered by Prime Minister David Cameron after it came to light that the …