Executive Editor, World Screen

May 2, 2017 Top Stories

ProSiebenSat.1 & Discovery Partner for Streaming Service

May 2, 2017

ProSiebenSat.1 and Discovery Communications have formed a joint venture to launch a new mobile video and OTT service in Germany.

May 2, 2017 Top Stories

MTG Ups Stake in Online Games Developer InnoGames

May 2, 2017

MTG has increased its ownership in InnoGames, which develops browser and mobile games, to 51 percent.

April 26, 2017 Top Stories

Warner Bros.’ Alexia Edwards Joins Fincham & Hincks’ Expectation

April 26, 2017

Expectation, founded by former Endemol Shine Group President Tim Hincks and ex-ITV Director of Television Peter Fincham, has hired Alexia Edwards as COO.

April 25, 2017 Analysis, Top Stories

U.K. Ad Spend Hits Record of £21.4 Billion

April 25, 2017

U.K. advertising expenditure grew 3.7 percent to reach £21.4 billion ($27.5 billion) in 2016, according to the Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report, with TV ad spend lifted by growth in VOD revenue.

April 25, 2017 Top Stories

FremantleMedia Buys into Scripted Indie Duck Soup

April 25, 2017

FremantleMedia has invested in the U.K. indie Duck Soup Films, purchasing a 25-percent interest.

April 21, 2017 Top Stories

Ofcom’s Ruling on Fox-Sky Merger Delayed

April 21, 2017

The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has extended the deadline for submission of Ofcom's public interest report into the proposed takeover of Sky by 21st Century Fox until June 20.

April 21, 2017 Top Stories

Working Title UK Taps Former BBC Exec for Comedy Post

April 21, 2017

Working Title Television UK has appointed Mark Freeland as head of television comedy.

April 20, 2017 Top Stories

New Deputy CEO of Dogan TV

April 20, 2017

Ozge Bulut Marasli has been appointed as the deputy CEO of Dogan TV.

April 14, 2017 Top Stories

Russia Refuses to Air Eurovision Song Contest After Ukraine Bans Singer

April 14, 2017

Russian state broadcaster Channel One is no longer planning to air this year's Eurovision Song Contest, after its contestant was barred from entering the host country, Ukraine.

April 12, 2017 Top Stories

New Scottish Channel STV2 Sets Launch Schedule

April 12, 2017

STV is launching the new STV2 channel in Scotland on April 24, with a debut lineup that includes the long-running Irish soap Fair City.

Kristin Brzoznowski