World Screen

This interview appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of World Screen. Today she is known around the world as Carrie Mathison, the brilliant but troubled and bipolar CIA agent in the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning Showtime drama Homeland, but Claire …

PREMIUM: Just Spee, the CEO of Endemol, talks to World Screen about managing the debt left over from the change in Endemol ownership two years ago, and looks ahead to numerous growth opportunities in several areas around the world. WS: …

PARIS: Roma Khanna, the president of the television group and digital at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, and Punit Goenka, the managing director and CEO of Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE), lead the lineup for the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Media Mastermind Keynote at MIPCOM. Marcel …

NEW YORK: The September/Pre-MIPCOM digital edition of World Screen is now available, featuring interviews with Poirot's David Suchet, Shine America's Rich Ross and more. Hot Topic: Dramatic Entrance—An increasing number of broadcasters, producers and distributors are using co-production models to …

TWIN FALLS: Stephen P. Mathis, who worked in media for more than 50 years, died suddenly on Wednesday at the age of 77. Mathis served in senior management positions at ABC's owned-and-operated stations during the 1960s and '70s in Detroit, …

NEW YORK: Breaking Bad has officially entered the Guinness World Records 2014 edition as the "Highest-Rated TV Series." The source for the record is the review aggregation site MetaCritic.com, where the current season of Breaking Bad received a metascore of …

PREMIUM: In part two of our exclusive interview, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg tells us how his studio is finding countless opportunities for quality content. TV KIDS: What has been the strategy as DWA has made a shift towards being a …

More than 13,000 media executives are expected to descend onto Cannes from October 7 to 10 for MIPCOM. That number includes more than 4,500 buyers, of which over 800 are sourcing content for digital platforms, Garaude reports. “Also we have …

TORONTO: Caroline Tyre, who was previously the director of programming at TELETOON, has joined Distribution360 as director of business development, while Smiljka Baljozovic comes to the company in a sales role. Tyre will be focusing on expanding D360's catalogue through …

LONDON: FremantleMedia has appointed several executives for its new digital and branded entertainment division, which was launched earlier this year. Olivier Delfosse has been named as the senior VP of digital for the FremantleMedia Group, based in Los Angeles. He …