Executive Editor, World Screen

January 8, 2019 Top Stories

Channel 4 Takes Full Ownership of The Box Plus Network

January 8, 2019

Channel 4 has taken over full ownership of The Box Plus Network, buying the remaining 50 percent stake in the network that it did not already own from Bauer Media Group.

January 7, 2019 Top Stories

STV & Sky Enter Five-Year Pact

January 7, 2019

A newly signed partnership will give Sky customers in Scotland access to STV's regional offerings, as well as the STV Player, on their set-top boxes.

January 7, 2019 Top Stories

MTG Secures New Financing

January 7, 2019

MTG has secured a SEK 1 billion ($112 million) credit facility from Nordea, which will provide additional funding for MTG after the spin-off of Nordic Entertainment Group.

January 4, 2019 Top Stories

Originals Deliver for UKTV

January 4, 2019

According to a year-end review, UKTV originals topped 2018 ratings on six channels in the bouquet—Dave, W, Gold, Drama, Yesterday and Really—and on UKTV Play.

January 4, 2019 Analysis, Top Stories

U.K.’s Home Entertainment Market Valued at £2.34 Billion

January 4, 2019

New figures from the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE) show that the home entertainment market in the U.K. grew by 10 percent in 2018, bringing the total value of the category to £2.34 billion ($2.97 billion).

December 21, 2018 Top Stories

Liberty Global to Sell Eastern European DTH Operations

December 21, 2018

Liberty Global has reached an agreement to sell its DTH satellite TV operations currently serving four Eastern European markets to M7 Group.

December 19, 2018 Top Stories

RTL Group Merges Divimove & UFA X

December 19, 2018

RTL Group is combining its multiplatform network Divimove and digital storytelling label UFA X.

December 18, 2018 Top Stories

Rüdiger Böss to Depart ProSiebenSat.1

December 18, 2018

After more than 25 years with ProSiebenSat.1 Media, Rüdiger Böss has decided to leave the group, exiting the post of executive VP of content acquisitions and sales.

December 14, 2018 Analysis, Top Stories

Nearly Half of All Nordic Households Are SVOD Subscribers

December 14, 2018

New analysis from Mediavision finds that the takeup of SVOD services continues to grow at a rapid rate in the already streaming-heavy Nordic region.

December 6, 2018 Top Stories

New Head of Scripted at Viaplay

December 6, 2018

Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has appointed Jon Petersson, who previously spent 13 years at Discovery Networks Sweden, as head of scripted at Viaplay.

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