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This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2012 issue of World Screen.   Nowhere is the phrase “The pen is mightier than the sword” more appropriate than in describing Armando Iannucci’s work. His political satire The Thick of It, for …

This article originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2012 issue of TV Europe.   The British series Downton Abbey, set in World War I–era England with its entrenched class structure, walked away with 16 nods at this year’s Emmy Award nominations, making …

LOS ANGELES/TORONTO/LONDON: First-half revenues from Entertainment One’s (eOne) television group were 70 percent higher than the previous period, as the unit delivered 138 half-hours of programming, up 89 percent by comparison. Overall eOne had increasing sales in the period—the six …

NEW YORK: In the aftermath of hurricane Sandy, which shuttered the World Screen offices for a week, our publisher, Ricardo Guise, reflects on television’s ability to alert communities about natural disasters and the ways in which the Internet is changing …

NEW YORK: Roma Khanna, the president of the television group and digital at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) Studios, talks to World Screen’s Anna Carugati about the studio’s latest TV projects in this video interview.   James Bond is set to invade U.S. …

LONDON: Nearly 600 million televisions will be connected to the Internet by 2017, which is up from the 212 million expected at the end of this year, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. The Connected TV Forecasts report, which …

  This interview originally ran in the MIPCOM 2012 issue of World Screen.   Although businesses in Europe continue to be gripped by a sluggish economy, the RTL Group—the biggest TV and radio operator in Europe—holds several enticements for cost-conscious …

  This feature ran in the MIPCOM 2012 issue of World Screen.   In the spring of 1994, American television was on a tear. Dramas like The X-Files; NYPD Blue; Murder, She Wrote; and Law & Order were riding high …

ENGLEWOOD: Liberty Global has notched up more than 50,000 subscriptions for its recently launched Horizon TV service, the company reported along with its Q3 results. Horizon TV made its debut in the Netherlands in September. The platform brings together television with …

LOS ANGELES: Netflix has gained the rights to stream select CBS Corporation shows in Canada, Latin America, the U.K. and Ireland.  This brings Netflix members in each of these territories previous seasons of Showtime’s Dexter and CBS library shows such …