Kristin Brzoznowski

Isabel Rafferty Zavala, the founder and CEO of Canela Media, tells World Screen Newsflash about filling a gap in the marketplace, opportunities in AVOD, the content mix of Canela.TV, the reasons behind the launch of Canela Kids and the growth trajectory of the company in both the U.S. and Latin America.

Warner Bros. Discovery has put in place its leadership team to support Priya Dogra, president and managing director for EMEA (excluding Poland), across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Director, writer and producer Ava DuVernay is being honored with the 2022 International Emmy Founders Award as part of the 50th International Emmy Awards Gala.

Shondaland is working on two new programs in partnership with Netflix to expand diversity, equity, inclusion and access (DEIA) initiatives and opportunities.

Toby Emmerich is stepping down as chairman of Warner Bros. Pictures Group and will launch his own production company at the studio, focused on film, TV and streaming.

Beyond Rights has made a number of changes to its sales team, including appointing Kate Stevenson as VP of sales, covering France, CEE, the Middle East and Africa.

A+E Networks, Amazon Studios, Banijay Americas and Warner Bros. Discovery have signed on to utilize and support Coded For Inclusion, which aims to disrupt the biased hiring systems in the industry by providing their productions access to the Staff Me Up hiring platform.

Entertainment One (eOne) has promoted Amanda Bowman Gerisch to senior VP of scripted development.

The senior VP of acquisitions and co-productions on the growth and gains of the FilmRise Streaming Network, serving as a global co-production partner in FAST/AVOD and trends in OTT viewership.

Global revenues from OTT TV episodes and movies are forecast to increase from $135 billion in 2021 to reach $224 billion in 2027, according to Digital TV Research.