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LOS ANGELES/PAWTUCKET: A new online Transformers series, targeting teens and adults, is in the works following an alliance between Hasbro and Machinima. Few details have been released about the new brand extension, which will skew older than Hasbro's existing Transformers …

NEW YORK: Of all the new shows that premiered around the world in June, a comedy special featuring Kev Adams on France's M6 generated the most social-media buzz with around 130,000 tweets, according to The WIT. Kev Adams: Voilà, voilà sits …

As James Murdoch takes the reins at 21st Century Fox as CEO, World Screen looks back at his rise through the company’s corporate ranks. As of this month, James Murdoch is the new CEO of 21st Century Fox, succeeding his …

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix is launching its original film initiative with Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation, premiering on October 16 worldwide in all territories where the service is available. Beasts of No Nation, starring Golden Globe winner Idris Elba (Mandela: …

MUNICH/LOS ANGELES: ProSiebenSat.1 Group has taken majority control of Collective Digital Studio (CDS) and is combining it with its Studio71 business to create a global multichannel network (MCN). The German media group picked up a stake in the U.S. MCN …

NEW YORK: About 40 percent of TV viewers in the U.S. are "Digital Enthusiasts" who subscribe to three or more online video services plus cable TV, GfK MRI says in a new report. Of this new category of Digital Enthusiasts, …

NEW YORK: World Screen is staffing up its editorial division with the appointment of Sara Alessi as associate editor. At World Screen, Alessi will contribute to all of the group’s English-language publications, in print and online. Alessi joins World Screen …

BURBANK: Legendary Digital Media, Contradiction Films and video game developer comcept are developing a live-action feature-length project for digital platforms inspired by the video game Mighty No. 9. Mighty No. 9 is the second video game created by Keiji Inafune that …

LONDON: New research into multi-channel networks (MCNs) by Ampere Analysis reveals that more than 75 percent of the MCNs acquired in the last three years were bought by traditional media groups. The firm's analysis of MCN investments spanning the last …

PARIS: Adam Crozier, the chief executive of ITV plc, is lined up to deliver the Media Mastermind Keynote at MIPCOM. Crozier's keynote will touch on the creative renewal of ITV Studios and ITV’s international expansion in key markets, including the …