World Screen

NEW YORK: Laurine Garaude, the director of the television division at Reed MIDEM, shares with World Screen some of the highlights of this year’s MIPCOM, set for October 8 to 11 in Cannes.   The number of buyers slated to …

PARIS: Harvey Weinstein, co-chairman of The Weinstein Company, is lined up to deliver a keynote address at MIPCOM on Monday, October 8. Harvey and Bob Weinstein set up The Weinstein Company in 2005. The pair previously founded Miramax Films in …

LOS ANGELES: Endemol has promoted Kimilyn Whitaker to the newly created post of global head of franchise management for Endemol Worldwide Brands. Whitaker previously served as the VP of franchise management for Endemol Worldwide Brands North America. She continues to …

NUREMBERG: Consumers in markets such as China, Brazil and India are using Internet-connected television more than those in the U.K., the U.S. and Germany, according to research from GfK. The study, which surveyed 13 countries, finds that Western customers are …

NEW YORK: ESPN has extended its television contract with Major League Baseball (MLB) through 2021, in a deal worth a reported $5.6 billion. The agreement is effective from 2014 through 2021. The multiplatform and multi-regional rights extension significantly enhances ESPN’s …

LONDON: YouTube has struck up a partnership with the digital rights specialist Rightster and the international sports media rights agency MP & Silva to launch Love Football, a new online sports channel. The new dedicated YouTube channel will include highlights from Italy’s …

SCOTTSDALE: Revenues for the delivery of TV Everywhere and OTT video platforms worldwide is expected to reach $2.1 billion this year, growing to more than $4 billion in 2017, according to ABI Research. ABI Research’s Video Delivery Hardware and Platforms …

SANTA CLARA: A recent study from NPD DisplaySearch has found that 18 percent of consumers surveyed in 14 regions are accessing online content daily on their TV sets. According to the report, Connected TV Study: Features, Contents and Usage, movies are the most …

PREMIUM: Slated to deliver a Media Mastermind keynote at MIPCOM this October, Mark Burnett speaks to World Screen about his expanding slate of unscripted shows—including the recently launched Stars Earn Stripes on NBC—and his new company, One Three Media, established …

NEW YORK: A number of the leading ladies from the Cinemax series Femme Fatales sat down with World Screen alongside co-creator and executive producer Mark Altman and co-executive producer Dave Williams.   Part of Cinemax’s signature After Dark strand, the …