Mansha Daswani

Netflix dominates the December edition of the Social Wit List, the ranking of the most buzz-generating new premieres around the world as compiled by The WIT, led by the Sandra Bullock horror film Bird Box.

World Screen recapped the biggest media stories of 2018 and looked at the defining trends in formats, factual, drama and kids.

World Screen looks back at the biggest stories in international media last year.

Brightcove's 2018 Global Consumer Streaming Habits Survey has found that a free trial is the lead factor in convincing consumers to try out a new streaming service, ahead of interest in a specific show or exclusive content.

Singapore-based ONE Championship, which organizes martial arts events across Asia, has sealed a deal with B/R Live, Turner’s live sports streaming service in the U.S.

New data from Parrot Analytics and Kagan projects that in the U.S., the popularity of originals on Netflix will overtake that of licensed content on the platform in October 2019.

The Walt Disney Company has announced the new international leadership team that will be formed under Kevin Mayer following the closing of the Fox transaction, with Rebecca Campbell to oversee EMEA, Diego Lerner running Latin America and Uday Shankar tapped for the Asia operation, while global sales and distribution will fall under Janice Marinelli.

Kay Madati, the global VP and head of content partnerships at Twitter, talks to World Screen Newsflash about the social media giant’s video strategy as the platform seeks to help partners tell compelling stories for a mobile-first audience.

Executives from Inter Medya, Acun Medya Global, Mavi Baykuş Prodüksiyon and Videomite took part in an ATF panel, moderated by World Screen's Mansha Daswani, about the global success of Turkish content.

The star Sky One’s Curfew talks about what drew him to the show and the character of “The General.”