Executive Editor, World Screen

March 13, 2017 Top Stories

ZDFE, CTC, Amazon & Huace to Receive MIPTV Médailles d’Honneur

March 13, 2017

PARIS: MIPTV will award the 2017 Médailles d’Honneur to ZDF Enterprises' Alexander Coridass, CTC Media's Viacheslav Murugov, Amazon Studios' Roy Price and Huace Group's Zhao Yifang.

March 13, 2017 Top Stories

Dick Clark Productions Sale to Wanda Called Off

March 13, 2017

GREENWICH: The $1 billion deal between Dalian Wanda Group and Dick Clark Productions owner Eldridge Industries has fallen through.

March 9, 2017 Top Stories

Rovio Sells Off TV Animation Studio to Ex-CEO

March 9, 2017

LOS ANGELES: Mikael Hed, a former CEO of Rovio Entertainment, has formed a new start-up, Kaiken Entertainment, which purchased Rovio's TV animation studio in Vancouver.

March 8, 2017 Top Stories

FremantleMedia Increases Investment in Divimove

March 8, 2017

LONDON/BERLIN: FremantleMedia has invested more capital in the multiplatform network (MPN) Divimove.

March 8, 2017 Top Stories

iflix Scores $90 Million for Further Growth

March 8, 2017

NEW YORK: Liberty Global is among the new investors that contributed to iflix's latest funding round, with $90 million secured to accelerate the SVOD service's expansion into the Middle East, Africa and new markets in Asia.

March 3, 2017 Top Stories

Damon Lindelof to Serve as Jury President for Series Mania Competition

March 3, 2017

PARIS: Damon Lindelof, co-creator and showrunner of the hit series Lost and The Leftovers, has been chosen as jury president for this year’s Series Mania international competition.

March 2, 2017 Top Stories

Amazon’s Roy Price, MTG’s Jørgen Madsen Lindemann to Keynote MIPTV

March 2, 2017

PARIS: Roy Price, the VP of Amazon Studios, and Jørgen Madsen Lindemann, the president and CEO of MTG, have been added to the MIPTV roster of Media Mastermind Keynotes.

March 2, 2017 Top Stories

FILMART 2017

March 2, 2017

This year's event will take place from March 13 to 16, and about 800 exhibitors are expected to attend.

March 2, 2017 Top Stories

Amazon Unveils Projects Featuring Tony Shalhoub, Anil Kapoor & Others

March 2, 2017

SEATTLE: Amazon has revealed the lineup for its spring 2017 pilot season, which includes The Legend of Master Legend, from Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue (Transparent).

March 1, 2017 Top Stories

VICE Inks Deals with Mobile Platforms

March 1, 2017

BARCELONA: VICE Media is expanding its mobile offerings to reach hundreds of millions of new subscribers around the world, with a slate of partnerships that cover original production, licensing, direct-to-consumer initiatives and more.

Kristin Brzoznowski

ZDFE, CTC, Amazon & Huace to Receive MIPTV Médailles d’Honneur

Dick Clark Productions Sale to Wanda Called Off

Rovio Sells Off TV Animation Studio to Ex-CEO

FremantleMedia Increases Investment in Divimove

iflix Scores $90 Million for Further Growth

Damon Lindelof to Serve as Jury President for Series Mania Competition

Amazon’s Roy Price, MTG’s Jørgen Madsen Lindemann to Keynote MIPTV

FILMART 2017

Amazon Unveils Projects Featuring Tony Shalhoub, Anil Kapoor & Others

VICE Inks Deals with Mobile Platforms

DIRECTV Abandons DISH Acquisition

Chernin Entertainment Promotes for TV Division Leads

MIP CANCUN Wraps with 750 Delegates from 40 Countries