Executive Editor, World Screen

April 26, 2019 Top Stories

Sony Records Full-Year Profit

April 26, 2019

For the fiscal year ended March 31, Sony reported a profit of 916.3 billion yen ($8.2 billion), up from 490.8 billion yen posted a year prior.

April 24, 2019 Top Stories

Netflix Looks to Raise Another $2 Billion in Debt for Content Spending

April 24, 2019

Netflix is planning to offer another $2 billion in senior notes to fund, among other things, content acquisitions, production and development.

April 17, 2019 Top Stories

Endemol Shine Series to Become Available via BitMovio

April 17, 2019

BitMovio and Endemol Shine International have entered into a partnership that will bring some 600 hours of content, including Rock of Love and Surreal Life, to the next-generation gamified video entertainment marketplace.

April 17, 2019 Top Stories

Broadway Musical Oklahoma! Getting Series Treatment

April 17, 2019

Skydance Television has partnered with The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization and Concord to develop an original series for television inspired by the hit Broadway musical Oklahoma!

April 17, 2019 Top Stories

Wattpad & Sony Pictures Television to Co-Produce Original Programming

April 17, 2019

Wattpad has struck up a partnership with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) to co-produce original programming for TV, signing a first-look deal.

April 16, 2019 Top Stories

AT&T Offloads Hulu Stake

April 16, 2019

AT&T has sold its minority stake in Hulu back to the streaming video joint venture for $1.43 billion.

April 9, 2019 Top Stories

Sales for Awesomeness, Comedy Central, MTV & Nickelodeon Shows

April 9, 2019

Viacom International Studios (VIS) has landed a raft of international sales for brand-new scripted, comedy and animation titles hailing from the Awesomeness, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon brands.

March 28, 2019 Top Stories

Series Mania Signs New Charter for Equality & Diversity

March 28, 2019

As part of the Series Mania Forum, General Director Laurence Herszberg held a signing for the 5050x2020 charter, which aims to ensure equality and diversity in cinema, audiovisual and animation festivals.

March 27, 2019 Interviews

Iain Armitage

March 27, 2019

Iain Armitage talks about his breakout role in the CBS comedy Young Sheldon.

March 27, 2019 Top Stories

Baghdad Central, La Jauría Lead Fremantle Slate

March 27, 2019

Baghdad Central, a gritty new crime thriller created by BAFTA award-winning writer Stephen Butchard, and La Jauría, a Spanish-language psychological thriller, are among the offerings that Fremantle is bringing to MIPTV.

Kristin Brzoznowski

Sony Records Full-Year Profit

Netflix Looks to Raise Another $2 Billion in Debt for Content Spending

Endemol Shine Series to Become Available via BitMovio

Broadway Musical Oklahoma! Getting Series Treatment

Wattpad & Sony Pictures Television to Co-Produce Original Programming

AT&T Offloads Hulu Stake

Sales for Awesomeness, Comedy Central, MTV & Nickelodeon Shows

Series Mania Signs New Charter for Equality & Diversity

Iain Armitage

Baghdad Central, La Jauría Lead Fremantle Slate

DIRECTV Abandons DISH Acquisition

Chernin Entertainment Promotes for TV Division Leads

MIP CANCUN Wraps with 750 Delegates from 40 Countries