Editor & Associate Publisher, World Screen

June 27, 2018 Top Stories

Telefónica Wins La Liga Rights

June 27, 2018

Telefónica has won the battle for the bulk of the broadcast rights to La Liga football in Spain.

June 26, 2018 Top Stories

Will Smith, Marc Forster Acquire Telepool

June 26, 2018

Actor and producer Will Smith has teamed up with director Marc Forster (Quantum of Solace, World War Z) to buy the German distribution outfit Telepool, the parent company of Global Screen.

June 25, 2018 Top Stories

ProSiebenSat.1, Discovery Align for German Streaming Platform

June 25, 2018

ProSiebenSat.1 Media and Discovery have announced plans to combine their streaming assets in Germany to create a new platform, bringing together 7TV, maxdome and Eurosport Player and inviting other local broadcasters to participate.

June 22, 2018 Top Stories

BT Adds Amazon to TV Service

June 22, 2018

BT has become the first U.K. pay-TV provider to incorporate Amazon Prime Video in its set-top boxes.

June 20, 2018 Analysis, Top Stories

Entertainment, Factual Drive U.K. Exports

June 20, 2018

Entertainment, factual and kids led U.K. exports in 2016/17, according to Pact, with total revenues from U.K. content sales reaching £902 million.

June 20, 2018 Top Stories

Endemol Shine Group Mulls Sale

June 20, 2018

Endemol Shine Group has reportedly hired Deutsche Bank and Liontree to find a buyer for 21st Century Fox's and Apollo Global Management's stakes in the company.

June 19, 2018 Top Stories

Wattpad Aligns with Bavaria Fiction

June 19, 2018

Wattpad, the social network for readers and writers, has tapped Bavaria Fiction as its production partner for German-speaking markets.

June 18, 2018 Top Stories

Kino Polska Increases Stake in Stopklatka

June 18, 2018

SPI International's Kino Polska TV is now the majority shareholder of the Polish DTT movie channel Stopklatka, acquiring Agora's 41-percent interest for a total stake of 82.6 percent.

June 18, 2018 Top Stories

NENT Merges Splay, Nice One Activities

June 18, 2018

MTG's Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) has picked up the remaining 4 percent it didn't already own of digital video network and online media house Splay and is merging the company with its branded-content outfit, Nice One.

June 7, 2018 Top Stories

Amazon Lands Premier League Package

June 7, 2018

The Premier League has wrapped the sales process for live rights in the U.K. from 2019 to 2022, with the remaining two packages going to Amazon and BT Sport.

Mansha Daswani