Editor & Associate Publisher, World Screen

April 13, 2021 Top Stories

David Beckham Talks Studio Aspirations at Digital MIPTV

April 13, 2021

In conversation with Fulwell 73’s Ben Winston at Digital MIPTV today, David Beckham discussed his ambitions for his company Studio 99 and the projects he has in development, including a doc about his life and career.

April 7, 2021 Top Stories

ITV Doc Explores George Floyd, BLM in the U.K.

April 7, 2021

ITN Productions is producing George Floyd: Has Britain Changed? (w/t) for broadcast on ITV.

April 7, 2021 Top Stories

Cineflix Rights, Nutopia Partner on Extra Life

April 7, 2021

Cineflix Rights has sealed a deal with Nutopia to distribute the blue-chip science series Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer.

April 7, 2021 Top Stories

Beyond Rights Lands Caroline Flack Doc

April 7, 2021

Beyond Rights has picked up the distribution rights to the Channel 4 documentary Caroline Flack: Her Life and Death.

February 22, 2021 Top Stories

discovery+ Tops 11 Million Subs

February 22, 2021

Unveiling its Q4 and 2020 financials, Discovery, Inc. reported that its new streaming service, discovery+, is on track to hit 12 million paying subscribers globally by the end of this month.

February 11, 2021 Top Stories

Asacha Media Group Acquires WAG Entertainment

February 11, 2021

Asacha Media Group has picked up majority ownership of U.K.-based factual production and distribution outfit WAG Entertainment.

January 6, 2021 Profiles, Top Stories

2020: The Year in Factual

January 6, 2021

World Screen Newsflash explores some of the major developments in the factual business in 2020.

January 4, 2021 Top Stories

discovery+ Launches, Seals New Distribution Pacts

January 4, 2021

Discovery's new streaming platform, discovery+, has launched in the U.S. with a raft of distribution deals in place and has landed a long-term, multiplatform agreement in Europe with Vodafone.

December 9, 2020 Profiles, Top Stories

Inside Discovery’s Streaming Bet

December 9, 2020

Senior execs from Discovery, Inc. unveiled the new discovery+ platform.

December 3, 2020 Top Stories

All3Media Acquires Silverback Films

December 3, 2020

Silverback Films, the production company founded by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey, has been acquired by All3Media.

Mansha Daswani

David Beckham Talks Studio Aspirations at Digital MIPTV

ITV Doc Explores George Floyd, BLM in the U.K.

Cineflix Rights, Nutopia Partner on Extra Life

Beyond Rights Lands Caroline Flack Doc

discovery+ Tops 11 Million Subs

Asacha Media Group Acquires WAG Entertainment

2020: The Year in Factual

discovery+ Launches, Seals New Distribution Pacts

Inside Discovery’s Streaming Bet

All3Media Acquires Silverback Films

TV5MONDE Launches First FAST Channel in the U.S.

Off the Fence Signs Iberian Deals

Nat Geo Greenlights Slew of New Series

Apple Lines Up Official Fleetwood Mac Doc from Frank Marshall

Lucky 8’s Greg Henry & Kim Woodard

The Fifth Estate’s Bob McKeown to Retire