World Screen

CANNES: Dramas and formats are a major focus at this year’s market for ITV Studios Global Entertainment.   “We’re bringing our strongest slate in recent years to MIPCOM,” says Tobias de Graaff, the company’s director of global television distribution. One of …

CANNES: Many of the series from the Dori Media Group catalogue have already proven themselves with great results in their native Israel, according to Nadav Palti, the company’s president and CEO. “New York was the most-viewed drama on the YES …

GENEVA: The Spanish and Brazilian versions of The Voice as well as New Zealand’s Got Talent and Belgium’s Got Talent are among the top series trending in social media, according to a new report from The WIT (World Information Tracking). …

LOS ANGELES: Rod Perth, the president and CEO of NATPE//Content First, shares his views on the ways in which technology is impacting the television business. When NATPE 2013 convenes from January 28 to 30 to celebrate our 50th anniversary at …

LONDON: Global advertising spending is expected to grow 4.6 percent in 2013, predicts ZenithOptimedia, led by developing markets and digital media. Ad spending is predicted to reach $525 billion by the end of 2013. Developing markets are expected to grow …

NEW YORK: Avi Nir, the CEO of Keshet Media Group, tells World Screen about Israeli creativity and cracking the U.S. market with its scripted and unscripted formats. WS: What have been the keys to Keshet’s continued ratings success? NIR: We …

NEW YORK: TV Listings, the ultimate programming resource for buyers, is now available as a digital edition, which is easy to print and take with you as you head to MIPCOM. This resource provides information on thousands of programs from …

LONDON: Kees Abrahams, formerly the president of international production at Sony Pictures Television and CEO of 2waytraffic, has teamed up with producer Robin de Levita to form Imagine Nation. With offices in London, New York and Amsterdam, the new outfit …

NEW YORK: Over the last four months, while headlines were screaming about the collapse of the euro zone, nuclear Iran, the war in Syria, the severe drought in the U.S., the shrinking ice caps in the Arctic, and the political …

NEW YORK: World Screen has unveiled its multimedia MIPCOM Preview site, delivering interviews with Gordon Ramsay, ITV’s Adam Crozier and Modern Family’s Steve Levitan, as well as a video interview with Carl Beverly, executive producer of Elementary, along with a …