Executive Editor, World Screen

February 20, 2019 Top Stories

MIPTV Introduces Buyers Exchange

February 20, 2019

This MIPTV will see the introduction of the MIP Buyers Exchange, a new service to facilitate the sales and presales process.

February 20, 2019 Top Stories

New Regency Establishes International TV Venture

February 20, 2019

New Regency has set up New Regency Television International, a London-based division to produce TV content for the global marketplace.

February 15, 2019 Top Stories

Transformers Universe Origin Story Coming to Netflix

February 15, 2019

Netflix and Hasbro have teamed up with Rooster Teeth to bring War for Cybertron, set in the Transformers universe, to Netflix members around the world as an original series.

February 15, 2019 Top Stories

MIPTV Lines Up Ilene Chaiken for Keynote

February 15, 2019

Ilene Chaiken, who has worked on hit series such as The Handmaid’s Tale, Empire and The L Word, is slated for a keynote interview at MIPTV.

February 14, 2019 Top Stories

Amazon Greenlights More Than 20 New & Returning Series

February 14, 2019

Amazon Prime Video has greenlit more than 20 new and returning original series to go into production in Germany, Italy, Spain, India, Japan, Mexico and the U.K., including the global thriller The Power, based on the best-selling and award-winning novel.

February 7, 2019 Top Stories

New FOX Sets Up Content Outfit

February 7, 2019

FOX Entertainment has launched Sidecar, a content-development accelerator, to be led by Gail Berman.

February 6, 2019 Top Stories

Netflix Orders Pieces of Her Adaptation

February 6, 2019

The New York Times best-selling thriller Pieces of Her from crime author Karin Slaughter is being adapted as a Netflix original series.

February 5, 2019 Top Stories

Amazon Sets First-Look TV Pact with Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society

February 5, 2019

Amazon Studios and Michael B. Jordan’s Outlier Society have entered into a first-look deal to develop and produce original series.

February 4, 2019 Top Stories

Free OTT Service DistroTV Launching in U.S., Canada, U.K.

February 4, 2019

Tech company DistroScale is launching DistroTV, a streaming service that will feature a mix of entertainment, news, sports, film and TV programming in live, linear and on-demand formats.

February 4, 2019 Top Stories

Starz CEO Chris Albrecht Steps Down

February 4, 2019

Chris Albrecht, the CEO of Starz, is stepping down from the company as of next month.

Kristin Brzoznowski