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LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has signed a first-look deal for the distribution rights to Hulu’s original programming. This is a first-of-its-kind deal between an international distributor and an online video service. FME will be taking out Hulu’s original series globally across …

NEW YORK: Bruce Tuchman, the recently installed president of AMC/Sundance Channel Global, talks to World Screen Newsflash about extending the channel brands around the world. A relative newcomer in the international cable and satellite channel landscape, AMC Networks has spent …

PREMIUM: Andy Kaplan, the president of networks at Sony Pictures Television, talks to World Screen Newsflash about the strengths of the AXN brand as it celebrates its 15th anniversary. AXN first launched in Asia in 1997 and has since rolled …

HAMPSHIRE: Consumers’ growing satisfaction with watching mobile TV on tablets is set to drive average monthly viewing to 186 minutes per month in 2014, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The report, Mobile TV: Applications, Devices and Opportunities 2012-2016, …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2011 issue of World Screen.   Vince Pace and James Cameron have been working together since the filming of The Abyss. Their shared passion for underwater production segued into a quest for …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2011 issue of World Screen.   Jeffrey Bewkes worked for many years at HBO before joining the corporate ranks of Time Warner. He witnessed firsthand the development of HBO’s services from one …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has firmed up a first-look deal with Richard Taylor’s Pukeko Pictures to develop scripted series. The two will work together on new scripted series. FME and Pukeko have jointly hired Adam Fratto to lead the development …

HOLLYWOOD: The Jim Henson Company has confirmed a raft of international broadcast deals for its live-action fantasy features Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, as well as the science-fiction series Farscape. The Dark Crystal has been licensed to Showtime, HD Net …

BOSTON: Global adspend is expected to grow 4.9 percent this year to reach $465.5 billion, with the TV sector accounting for 40 percent of all spending, according to the latest forecast from Strategy Analytics. Global TV advertising is expected to increase …

  This interview originally appeared in the MIPCOM 2011 issue of World Screen. A wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation, Showtime Networks operates a bouquet of pay-TV linear and on-demand channels. A raft of critically acclaimed and very successful shows, …