Mansha Daswani

Laura Fernández Espeso, CEO of The Mediapro Studio, showcased the company’s expanding slate of content investments in a Media Mastermind keynote at MIPCOM.

In a fireside chat moderated by World Screen’s Mansha Daswani at MIPCOM, BBC Studios’ Rebecca Glashow and Ralph Lee showcased how the company is positioned to manage the disruption in the content business today.

Bolstering the Joyn streaming service and refocusing some of its content investments are key strategies for ProSiebenSat.1 as the company navigates challenging economic headwinds, Bert Habets, CEO, and Henrik Pabst, chief content officer at Seven.One Entertainment Group, told reporters at a press round table at MIPCOM.

Netflix is set to host its first-ever live sports event with The Netflix Cup.

In a wide-ranging conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati in the Grand Auditorium at the Palais today, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Gerhard Zeiler used his MIPCOM keynote to talk about the strengths of the “one-company” mindset and was joined on stage by Leah Hooper Rosa to share the European expansion plans for Max.

Mansha Daswani, World Screen's editor-in-chief, reflects on the disruption taking place in the media sector as the global content business convenes in Cannes.

Samsung TV Plus and ZDF Studios are partnering for the launch of 20 FAST channels in Europe, beginning with the rollout of Bares für Rares (Cash or Trash) and ZDF kocht! in Germany.

The number of pay-TV subscribers worldwide, across 138 countries, is expected to remain stable through 2029 at just under 1 billion, per new Digital TV Research data, with a slight decline until 2025 before experiencing a small recovery.

The big six global SVOD platforms will invest $42 billion in original and acquired content this year, a 7 percent gain—as compared with the 24 percent growth recorded last year—according to a new Ampere Analysis study.

Gerhard Zeiler has unveiled a new international leadership structure at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) that includes a merged AsiaPac operation under James Gibbons and Clement Schwebig taking oversight of Western Europe and Africa.