WORLD SCREEN
Digital Editions: NATPE Budapest, Sunny Side of the Doc & Licensing Expo
NEW YORK: The June/July NATPE Budapest digital editions of World Screen, TV Europe and TV Kids are now available, along with TV Listings.
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Dominique Delport Tapped for Keynote at IBC2016
LONDON: Dominique Delport, the global managing director of Havas Media Group and chairman of Vivendi Content, has been lined up to deliver a keynote on September 8 at the IBC2016 Conference.
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Netflix Goes for Nick Kroll Animated Comedy
BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has placed a ten-episode order for the animated comedy Big Mouth, which comes from real-life best friends Nick Kroll (Kroll Show, The League) and Andrew Goldberg (Family Guy), in addition to acquiring the global rights for Charlie McDowell’s The Discovery.
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Fox Networks Group Taps New CFO, Del Mayberry to Retire
LOS ANGELES: After more than three decades with Fox Networks Group (FNG), longtime CFO Del Mayberry is planning to retire, with Ravi Ahuja named as his successor.
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Zenith: TV Remains “By Far” the Most Popular of All Media
Zenith’s Media Consumption Forecasts report finds that mobile internet consumption is now growing at the expense of all other media, including TV, which still dominates despite recent declines. The amount of time people around the world devote to using mobile internet is forecast to increase by 27.7 percent this year, driving a 1.4-percent increase in overall media consumption.
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DR’s Maria Rørbye Rønn to Receive International Emmy Directorate Award
NEW YORK: Maria Rørbye Rønn, the CEO and director general of Danish Broadcasting Corporation, will receive the 2016 International Emmy Directorate Award.
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North American SVOD Market to Hit 110 Million Subs by 2021
Revenues from OTT TV and video in Canada and the U.S. are forecast to reach $24.39 billion in 2021, according to Digital TV Research. This is up from the $2.67 billion in 2010 and $15.39 billion in 2015.
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NATPE Budapest
Following a two-year stint in Prague, NATPE is returning to Budapest for its 2016 market and conference, which is taking place from June 27 to 30, this time at the InterContinental Hotel.
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GfK: Netflix & Amazon Should Consider Ads vs. Fee Hikes
Following its latest study, GfK suggests that commercial-free streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon may need to consider accepting advertising as an alternative to raising their subscription fees in order to achieve revenue and profit growth.
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New MDs at Tony Jordan’s Red Planet Pictures
LONDON: Alex Jones and Belinda Campbell have been appointed joint managing directors of Red Planet Pictures, the production company behind such dramas as Death in Paradise, The Passing Bells and Dickensian.
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