World Screen

SYDNEY: Beverley McGarvey, who was among the recipients of this year’s World Screen Content Trendsetter Awards, has been appointed chief programming officer of Network Ten, a post she has held on an acting basis since August. McGarvey took up the post …

 This interview appeared in the MIPCOM 2012 issue of World Screen. MasterChef in the U.S. is just one cog in Gordon Ramsay’s ever-growing trans-Atlantic television-production machine. Indeed, there are several other shows—notably Boiling Point, Kitchen Nightmares and Hell’s Kitchen—that can …

This feature appeared in the MIPCOM 2012 issue of World Screen.  Television is still the largest advertising medium worldwide and it has withstood the challenge of the Internet remarkably well. Ad spend remains firmly focused on linear TV advertising, and high-quality …

PREMIUM: Darren Throop, the president and CEO of Entertainment One (eOne), shares with World Screen his views on the film industry and the rapidly changing digital landscape. WS: A few years ago, eOne made several acquisitions. Are you still looking …

NEW YORK: Advertising spending is up 2.7 percent worldwide, totaling $266 billion in the first half of 2012, according to Nielsen’s Global AdView Pulse report, with notable gains in Internet ad spend. Advertising budgets in Europe have shrunk, down 2.7 …

NEW YORK: World Screen looks at some of the trends and topics that emerged from the busy week in Cannes.   If it weren’t for all the talk about over-the-top television, social media and apps at MIPCOM last week, you …

CANNES: Jason Kilar, the CEO of Hulu, delivered a Media Mastermind keynote at MIPCOM, in which he shared his perspective on the evolution of the TV industry and the ways in which digital platforms are providing new opportunities for content creators.   …

NEW YORK: Top programmers from the U.K., Australia, Canada and Norway took part in the Acquisition Superpanel—What Do Buyers Want? session in the Grand Auditorium at MIPCOM, in conversation with Anna Carugati, World Screen’s group editorial director, which was followed …

LOS ANGELES: NATPE||Content First has a new customer-service initiative, NATPE Navigator, designed to maximize business opportunities between buyers and sellers, which the organizer will roll out for the first time at NATPE Budapest 2013. The concierge program is structured to …

LONDON: Companies from within the Banijay Group in France and the U.S. are taking part in the YouTube Original Content Initiative by creating online programming for new premium branded channels. Air Productions, in partnership with France Télévisions, launched a new …