World Screen

LOS ANGELES: Fox Television Studios has entered into an agreement with Eyeworks Group to jointly develop scripted programming originating from Scandinavian writers. The two will be developing scripted content for both the U.S. and international markets. Melinda Jason and her …

SINGAPORE: The global pay-TV market added 23 million new subscribers in the first two quarters of 2013, with growth in telco and satellite TV yet cable and terrestrial pay-TV services remaining relatively flat. The pay-TV market is expected to continue …

This interview appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of World Screen. Jeffrey Katzenberg, the CEO and director of DreamWorks Animation, shares with World Screen his vision of the future of entertainment and how digital media and technology are revolutionizing the …

LOS ANGELES: The DISCOP Organization is launching a new initiative to help content creators explore co-production and fundraising opportunities as well as to showcase their projects and develop their skills. Producers attending DISCOP Africa and DISCOP Istanbul are invited to …

LONDON: The number of homes paying for IPTV is expected to reach 167 million by the end of 2018, with the largest gains coming from the Asia Pacific, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. There were a …

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SYDNEY: Seven Network in Australia is set to launch the highly anticipated new drama The Blacklist and Joss Whedon’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. just days after their U.S. premieres. The Blacklist, which stars James Spader, and the action-packed Marvel’s Agents …

LONDON: Sir David Frost, a British journalist and broadcaster who became known for his hard-hitting interviews, has died of a heart attack at the age of 74. Frost died on Saturday night aboard the Queen Elizabeth cruise ship, where he …

NEW YORK: Known in the U.K. for his biting political satire on the BBC’s The Thick of It, Armando Iannucci is now preparing Veep’s third season and continues to poke fun at politics and power. WS: When you were writing the …

This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2013 issue of World Screen. Known in the U.K. for his biting political satire on the BBC’s The Thick of It and its spin-off, the critically acclaimed film In the Loop, Armando Iannucci’s …