Editor & Associate Publisher, World Screen

November 21, 2018 Top Stories

Anke Schäferkordt to Exit RTL Group

November 21, 2018

After almost three decades with the RTL Group, Anke Schäferkordt is exiting the European media giant at the end of this year.

November 21, 2018 Top Stories

Barclays Doubles SVOD Fund

November 21, 2018

Barclays Corporate Banking has increased the size of its SVOD fund for British TV producers to £200 million ($256 million).

November 7, 2018 Top Stories

Production & Distribution Boost ITV Results

November 7, 2018

Double-digit gains at ITV Studios helped to drive a 6-percent boost in revenues to £2.26 billion ($2.97 billion) at ITV plc for the first nine months of the year.

October 25, 2018 Top Stories

Ofcom Urges Greater Risk-Taking, Transparency at BBC

October 25, 2018

Delivering its first annual report on the BBC's performance, Ofcom says the pubcaster is "generally delivering its remit for audiences," but needs greater transparency, more risk-taking and an increased emphasis on attracting young audiences.

October 15, 2018 Top Stories

Carolyn McCall Outlines ITV Priorities

October 15, 2018

ITV CEO Carolyn McCall delivered a MIPCOM keynote today in which she discussed the importance of having an integrated production-distribution business and outlined how the media giant is upping the investment in its multiplatform ITV Hub.

October 11, 2018 Top Stories

MarVista Seals Volume Movie Deals in CEE

October 11, 2018

MarVista Entertainment has inked volume deals that bring over 120 movie titles to StoryTV in Hungary, bTV in Bulgaria and TVP in Poland.

October 10, 2018 Analysis, Top Stories

Production Tax Breaks Added £8 Billion to U.K. Economy

October 10, 2018

An independent report commissioned by BFI has found that the tax breaks across high-end TV, kids' content, animation, film and video games added £7.9 billion ($10.4 billion) to the U.K. economy in 2016.

October 9, 2018 Top Stories

Paramount-Branded SVOD Service Set for Poland

October 9, 2018

Viacom is bringing a Paramount-branded SVOD service to Central and Eastern Europe, beginning with a launch in Poland this month.

October 8, 2018 Top Stories

AMCNI, ATRESMEDIA Partner for Spanish-Language Pay-TV Bouquet

October 8, 2018

AMC Networks International Southern Europe (AMCNISE) and ATRESMEDIA Internacional are teaming up to roll out a bouquet of Spanish-language channels across Europe.

October 8, 2018 Analysis, Top Stories

Western European TV Revenues to Reach $50 Billion

October 8, 2018

Television revenues in Western Europe will rise from $39 billion last year to $50 billion in 2023, driven by OTT, according to new data from Digital TV Research.

Mansha Daswani