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CANNES: Get ready for MIPTV’s official opening tomorrow by downloading World Screen’s new app, reading our digital editions and signing up for our Twitter feed so you can get constant updates on the latest news coming out of the market.  The …

CANNES: The World Screen app is the ultimate resource for programming buyers, providing a detailed listing of new content available on the international market.   With the World Screen app, you can access extensive information on more than 1,000 new …

BUENOS AIRES: FOX Sports has expanded its distribution to more than 35 million subs, following new deals inked by Fox International Channels (FIC) across Latin America. In Brazil, FOX Sports will be available on the basic packages of Sky, Net and Claro …

SANTA MONICA: A number of new appointments have been made within Miramax, as the company continues to grow its international sales organization.  Mathilde Rottier has been named VP of worldwide television, while Stuart Shaw joins as director of international sales …

NEW YORK: A+E Networks has hired Hana Zidek to serve as the director of content sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, while Joanne Lim has been upped to manager of content sales for Asia.  Zidek joins from Lionsgate …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Caroline Tyre, previously the director of programming for TELETOON in Canada, and Tess Charman, who has held positions at Warner Bros., Outright Distribution and FremantleMedia, among others, have joined Entertainment One (eOne) Television International. Tyre joins eOne Television …

TORONTO: Already one of the world’s largest independent music publishers, ole has been on an “aggressive acquisitions path,” according to David Weitzman, the company’s Los Angeles-based senior director of business development and operations. “ole has music publishing co-ownership or administration …

LOS ANGELES: John Morayniss, the CEO of Entertainment One (eOne) Television, talks about the value of production partnerships, the various forms of co-productions and MIPTV’s Drama CoProXChange Summit.   eOne is bringing a broad slate of programming to MIPTV. Many …

  This article originally appeared in the MIPTV 2012 issue of World Screen.   Passionate engagement—that is what HBO wants from its subscribers. A key component in eliciting such viewer loyalty has been the variety of the slate of original …

NEW YORK: All of us at World Screen mourn the passing of industry veteran Jim Marrinan, who died unexpectedly this past weekend of a heart attack. We join other television executives in paying tribute to Jim.   "Jim will be …