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BURBANK/LOS ANGELES: FremantleMedia North America CEO Thom Beers is planning to leave the company when his contract runs out this summer, with Jennifer Mullin and Craig Cegielski set to succeed him as co-CEOs. Mullin is being promoted from the role …

LOS ANGELES: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has unveiled the winners of the 42nd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which included a host of online animated series from the likes of Amazon and Netflix. The …

LOS ANGELES: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has unveiled the winners of the 42nd Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which included a host of online animated series from the likes of Amazon and Netflix. The …

PARIS: The winners of the 2015 edition of the Series Mania Festival include the German production Deutschland 83. Deutschland 83, produced by UFA Fiction and sold by FremantleMedia International, won the bloggers' award for best international series. Special mentions in …

MADRID: On the heels of last week's MIPTV, RTVE is talking to buyers from around the globe about the series El Ministerio del Tiempo and Acacias 38. For El Ministerio del Tiempo, format negotiations have begun in collaboration with Onza …

World Screen Weekly recaps some of the big stories that came out of MIPTV last week. The sense of relief after French air-traffic controllers called off the industrial action that was to have taken place at the end of MIPTV …

NEW YORK: Modern Family’s co-creator Steven Levitan took part in a keynote interview with World Screen’s Anna Carugati at MIPTV, in which he talked about the hit comedy’s enduring success.     brightcove.createExperiences();

ATHENS: Among the documentary, education and public service winners of the 74th annual Peabody Awards were HBO's Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown, as well as Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey. Cosmos, an update of Carl Sagan's famous series, …

TOKYO: Sony Corporation has increased its fiscal 2015 revenue forecast by 2.6 percent to 8.2 trillion yen ($68.6 billion), projecting operating income for the year ended March 31, 2015 of 68 billion yen ($568.5 million). The Japanese conglomerate previously forecast …

GLENDALE: In the weeks leading up to the theatrical premiere of Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron, Disney Consumer Products and Marvel have launched a new merchandise program based on the film. The cross-category collection features items from Hasbro, LEGO, Hot …