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STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) is launching a new corporate identity and logo, and is also renaming its London broadcasting operations from Viasat to MTG and its international wholesale channel business from Viasat World to MTG World. MTG has adopted …

TEL AVIV: Dori Media Group is heading to Cannes with a range of formats and scripted fare, including the game show Billy the Board and the romantic comedy Date Blind (Ciega a citas). Billy the Board is a street game …

For the fourth consecutive year, World Screen is teaming up with Reed MIDEM at MIPCOM to present the Content Trendsetter Awards to four programming executives to honor their contributions to the television industry. This year’s winners, ITV’s Sasha Breslau, Globo’s …

LOS ANGELES: Gaumont International Television is increasing its sales team, appointing Hana Zidek to the newly created position of VP of distribution. Zidek is based in London and will report to Erik Pack, the company's head of international distribution and …

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) is set to launch a number of high-profile titles at MIPCOM, including the U.S. drama Aquarius and the period piece Poldark. Produced by Tomorrow Studios for NBC, Aquarius stars David Duchovny in an …

NEW YORK: Actor Kevin Spacey talks to World Screen about the Netflix hit House of Cards, which he executive produces and stars in. WS: How did you first get involved in House of Cards and what appealed to you about …

PLANO: Netflix streaming has increased 350 percent over the last ten quarters, according to research from The Diffusion Group (TDG), increasing from 2 billion hours in Q4 2011 to 7 billion hours as of Q2 2014. In the U.S., total …

PARIS: Grand Electric, RoboCop producer Eric Newman's newly formed company based in Los Angeles, has signed a multiyear agreement with STUDIOCANAL. Under the deal, Grand Electric will acquire, develop and produce motion pictures for the European and U.S. markets. STUDIOCANAL …

PARIS: MIPCOM is launching a conference event dedicated to the distribution of TV channels around the world, organized in partnership with the Association of International Broadcasting (AIB). The aim of the event is to create a hub for the interaction …

MIAMI: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) the Americas has promoted Michelle Alberty to senior VP of production management and executive-in-charge of production, overseeing all the production management and financial planning aspects across the company’s multimedia portfolio. Based in Miami, Alberty …