World Screen

MANHATTAN BEACH: Indie producer Eyeworks USA, which was originally founded as 3 Ball Productions, is rebranding as 3 Ball Entertainment, putting in place a new corporate structure. The name change follows Warner Bros.’ 2014 acquisition of the Eyeworks Group of …

TEL AVIV: Keshet Media Group has announced the lineup of executives and creatives scheduled to speak at its third annual international conference on Innovation in Television (INTV), to be held March 15 and 16 in Jerusalem. The conference, which will …

DENVER: Dana Strong, the COO of Virgin Media, has been appointed to the role of senior VP, chief transformation officer for Liberty Global, reporting directly to CEO Mike Fries. Strong joined the company in 1999, holding a number of positions …

LOS ANGELES: As of February 9, FOX International Channels (FIC) will consolidate all of its 126 FOX channels outside the U.S. under a single brand positioning and network package. This worldwide simultaneous rebranding will take place in conjunction with the …

MIAMI: The online retailer Overstock.com is planning to launch a VOD platform in the middle of this year, CEO Patrick Byrne announced at a press conference at NATPE, with an initial lineup of about 30,000 titles. The service will launch …

LOS GATOS: Currently present in about 50 countries—with a global membership base that hit 57.4 million at the end of 2014—Netflix is looking to complete its rollout to 200 markets in the next two years. The platform added 13 million …

MIAMI: The second part of a joint study from NATPE and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has revealed that viewers who stream TV programs say they have more positive impressions of the quality and assortment of TV content available to …

MIAMI: Mark your schedule to attend NATPE's Global Navigators: The Continued Vibrancy of the World’s Leading Channel Groups—What It Means to You session tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. in the Fontaine Ballroom. World Screen’s Anna Carugati will moderate the panel, which …

MADRID: Spain’s Imira Entertainment has secured the Latin American and U.S. Hispanic free-TV and VOD rights for titles from the French studio Xilam Animation. Among the catalogue highlights are A Kind of Magic, which follows Willow the fairy and her …

MIAMI: Rod Perth, the president and CEO of NATPE, opened the 52nd annual event this morning by touting the diversity of the attendees and championing the media business’s ability to adapt to the changing marketplace. Jordan Levin, executive chair of …