World Screen

This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2012 issue of World Screen.   Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs leads a team of agents who investigate crimes involving the Navy and Marine Corps. Mark Harmon, who has played Gibbs for nine …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPTV 2012 issue of World Screen.   Last year, when the Fox Networks Group (FNG) was restructured, David Haslingden was tapped as president and COO of this unit of News Corporation, which has …

LONDON: A number of MTV International’s original series have secured sales outside their home territories, including the Japanese mini Shibuhara Girls scoring a slot in Korea. The live-action mini-series Shibuhara Girls, which is about four young Japanese women trying to achieve …

LONDON: The number of digital TV homes is expected to double between 2011 and 2017, reaching 1.3 billion, with penetration standing at 86.7 percent by the end of that period, according to the new Digital TV World Household Forecasts report. Global digital …

BURBANK: In a deal with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Disney Media Distribution (DMD) has extended its rights to represent the Academy Awards broadcast outside the U.S. through 2020. DMD’s distribution deal with the Academy for the …

PARIS: Stuart Snyder, the president and COO of Turner Broadcasting System’s animation, young adults and kids media division, will deliver a keynote address at MIP Junior, which takes place October 6 and 7. Snyder will discuss the state of the …

ENGLEWOOD: DISH Network has lined up HDNet Movies, Style and HDNet to replace IFC, WE and AMC this weekend, after its existing carriage contract with AMC Networks expires. DISH and AMC have been involved in a very public spat about carriage fees. The …

NEW YORK: According to Nielsen’s latest Global AdView Pulse report, global advertising revenues were up by 3.1 percent in the first quarter of this year to reach $128 billion, led by gains in the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. …

NEW YORK: Speaking to analysts this morning about the plan to split News Corporation into two separate entities, one focused on entertainment and one on publishing, Rupert Murdoch said the move marked "the next transformative phase in our history" and was …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: DISH Network chief Charlie Ergen and Netflix’s David Hyman were among the media executives testifying in front of U.S. lawmakers today in a hearing on "The Future of Video." The hearing was organized by the House Subcommittee on …