World Screen

NEW YORK: The October/MIPCOM 2014 edition of World Screen has won a Gold Ink Award for best-printed trade magazine in the world, honored by the most prestigious awards ceremony for the printing industry. World Screen, printed by Fry Communications, was …

GURGAON: Angry Birds creator Rovio Entertainment has appointed Anurag Sachdeva as the company's new country director for India and South Asia. Sachdeva is responsible for consolidating Rovio's presence in the market, driving worldwide partnerships and strategic alliances while enhancing the …

NEW YORK: World Screen and MIPCOM are presenting the fifth annual Content Trendsetter Awards, which this year will honor MTG’s Jakob Mejlhede, FOX International Channels’ Jason Simms, Viacom U.K.’s Katie Keenan, Amazon’s Jason Ropell and SVT’s Christian Wikander. The recipients …

LONDON: The Royal Television Society (RTS) has finalized the lineup for this year's RTS Cambridge Convention, which includes a number of new additions to the previously announced speaker roster that included Viacom's Philippe Dauman and AMC Networks' Josh Sapan. The …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has inked a three-year licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution to become the broadcast home of the 1967 animated classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Beginning this year, NBC will air the special twice per holiday …

QUINCY: Toy developer and animation studio Guangdong Alpha Animation and Culture Company has acquired a 100 percent stake in Chinese comics platform U17.com, a move that's being called the biggest acquisition deal in Chinese animation history. The merger, which has been …

ESPOO: In the two weeks since its launch, Angry Birds 2, the latest edition of Rovio Entertainment's mega-popular mobile game, has been downloaded 30 million times around the globe, with a third of that amount coming from China. Angry Birds …

NEW YORK: NBCUniversal has agreed to make a $200 million equity investment in Vox Media, which operates a number of digital brands, including Eater and Vox.com. Alongside Eater (dining and nightlife) and Vox.com (news), Vox Media operates the brands SB …

HOLLYWOOD: Paramount’s Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution (PWTLD) unit has expanded its sales team across various territories, adding eight new executives and promoting one. The new hires are Bernhard Schwab, the VP of regional sales for German-speaking Europe; Jacques Roldan, …

NEW ROCHELLE: A new report from Horowitz Research shows that OTT SVOD services are a complement to, not a replacement for, traditional pay TV. The Multiplatform Content & Services report finds that 40 percent of internet users have both multichannel …