Kristin Brzoznowski

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has hired Carolyn Newman for the newly created role of VP of scripted programming at eOne Television.

New data from Juniper Research predicts that 4K internet TV and video content will be viewed by 1 in 10 U.S. residents by 2021, up from 1 in 500 this year.

NEW YORK: Actor Alan Cumming, whose work spans across theater, film and television, is lined up to host the International Emmy Awards Gala, which will take place November 21 in New York.

LOS ANGELES: STX Entertainment has received investments from PCCW and Tencent Holdings, which both now hold equity stakes in the company.

Kelly Day, AwesomenessTV's chief digital officer, shares some of the company’s strategies for global growth.

LONDON: Entertainment One (eOne) has rejected a proposal from ITV to combine the two companies.

BURBANK: The Walt Disney Company, which presented its Q3 earnings report yesterday, has picked up a 33-percent stake in the video-streaming outfit BAMTech, with plans to launch a new ESPN-branded OTT service.

LAGUNA BEACH: Ruigang Li's CMC Holdings is among the new investors on board the latest round of funding for NextVR, which is building out its footprint in live virtual-reality broadcasting.

NEW YORK: World Screen is presenting the sixth annual Content Trendsetter Awards in partnership with MIPCOM, this year honoring Stan’s Mike Sneesby, Mediaset’s Zelda Stewart, TV4 Group’s Cathrine Wiernik and UKTV’s Alexandra Finlay.

NEW YORK: Net income at 21st Century Fox rose to $567 million in the fourth quarter, with higher broadcast and cable advertising revenues contributing to the gains.