Kristin Brzoznowski

LOS ANGELES/AMSTERDAM: Kyle MacLachlan will be in attendance at MIPCOM, and will be the guest of honor at an exclusive cocktail party hosted by CBS Studios International to promote the highly-anticipated return of the new Twin Peaks.

LOS ANGELES: Gina Brogi has been promoted to president of global distribution at Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution.

PARIS: MIPCOM will shine a spotlight on virtual reality, with a series of VR panel sessions focused on creativity, production and financing.

LOS ANGELES: Keshet International (KI) will be launching three millennial- and youth-targeted digital scripted series from New Form to the international market.

SILVER SPRING: Gunnar Wiedenfels is exiting his role of chief financial offer at ProSiebenSat.1 Media to take up the CFO post at Discovery Communications.

SYDNEY: Foxtel is acquiring Seven West Media’s interest in the Presto TV joint venture, which will then be folded into the new Foxtel Play product.

NEW YORK: Paul Buccieri has been promoted to president of A+E Studios and A+E Networks Portfolio Group.

LOS ANGELES/PALO ALTO: Anonymous Content, which is behind such movies and series as Spotlight and Mr. Robot, has received a minority investment from Emerson Collective, the organization founded and run by Laurene Powell Jobs.

The latest research from Ampere Analysis shows that the proportion of households that only have an SVOD subscription is increasing, as are the number of SVOD services taken up. The proportion of TV-viewing households in all markets with at least one SVOD service is increasing. The largest markets are the U.S. (71 percent), Sweden (53 percent), the U.K. (42 percent) and the Netherlands (38 percent).

PREMIUM: As Nine Network is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, Hugh Marks, the CEO of Nine Entertainment Co., tells World Screen Newsflash about the channel’s legacy and how it’s positioned to thrive in Australia’s changing media environment.