PREMIUM: Liberty Global CEO Michael Fries talks to World Screen Newsflash about looking at organic growth as well as mergers and acquisitions, as the company focuses on fixed-mobile conversion to offer broadband, telephony and programming in whatever configuration customers want.

MIPCOM 2017 has lined up a record number of exclusive international screenings, including original crime series, a Russian period drama, a blue-chip wildlife series and some comedy shows.

At the RTS Cambridge Convention 2017, Nancy Dubuc, the president and CEO of A+E Networks, spoke to Channel 4's Chief Creative Officer Jay Hunt to offer an international perspective on how to thrive in a competitive landscape.

David Lyle, whose 30-plus-year career in the TV industry included serving as head of National Geographic Channels and Fox Reality Channel, has passed away at the age of 67 after a long-fought battle with cancer.

PREMIUM: Christina Miller, the president and general manager of Cartoon Network, Boomerang and Adult Swim, talks to World Screen Newsflash about maintaining her portfolio’s success and evolving with the ever-changing media habits of young audiences.

Showtime has licensed the rights to adapt as a series The President is Missing, a novel by former U.S. president Bill Clinton and best-selling author James Patterson set to be published in 2018.

Boat Rocker Media has purchased principal assets of Proper Television and Proper Rights, a Toronto-based unscripted production and distribution company, effective immediately.

MTG has picked up the exclusive Norwegian and Swedish media rights for the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and ATP World Tour Finals until 2019.