Kristin Brzoznowski

NEW YORK: Viacom has reduced its financial expectations for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, citing the "disappointing" theatrical performance of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows as well as a delay in completing a significant SVOD agreement.

NEW YORK: Sumner Redstone has removed five members from the Viacom board, including CEO Philippe Dauman.

LOS ANGELES: Basic Lead, organizer of DISCOP markets, has confirmed that DISCOP Istanbul will not be held in 2017.

SYDNEY: Presto has arrived on Fetch TV, allowing customers to access TV shows and movies from the app directly from their television sets.

NEW YORK: According to The Harris Poll 2016 EquiTrend Study, TV networks top all other media categories in regard to brand equity, but video-streaming subscriptions are closing the gap.

NEW YORK: Dan March, managing partner at Dynamic Television, tells World Screen Newsflash how Madiba came about, discusses the appeal of the sci-fi genre and shares insight into how the production, financing and distribution company is positioning itself in the international market.

NEW YORK: The June/July NATPE Budapest digital editions of World Screen, TV Europe and TV Kids are now available, along with TV Listings.

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.

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.

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.