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Mansha Daswani

Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. She can be reached on mdaswani@worldscreen.com.

Q&A with MarVista’s Vanessa Shapiro

March 29, 2016

LOS ANGELES: Vanessa Shapiro, the executive VP of distribution at MarVista Entertainment, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company's TV-movie slate, its emphasis on titles that encourage co-viewing and its plans to expand into scripted series.

Laurine Garaude Talks MIPTV Highlights

March 24, 2016

CANNES: Laurine Garaude, the director of the television division at Reed MIDEM, offers up a look at some of the highlights MIPTV delegates can look forward to next month.

Deloitte: 70 Percent of Americans are Binge-Watching

March 23, 2016

The results are in for Deloitte's tenth annual Digital Democracy Survey, which reports that 70 percent of U.S. consumers binge-watch an average of five episodes per sitting, and 31 percent are bingeing on a weekly basis. The new study also found that 46 percent of Americans subscribe to streaming-video services. Millennials aged 14 to 25 are spending more time on streaming content than they are on live television.

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A Note from the Editors

March 23, 2016

NEW YORK: A rundown of all the exclusive interviews and insightful trend features you’ll find in the MIPTV issue of World Screen.

Global Adspend to Accelerate in 2016

March 21, 2016

Global advertising revenues will rise by 4.6 percent this year, ZenithOptimedia projects, reaching $579 billion, up from the 3.9-percent growth rate in 2015. ZenithOptimedia’s new Advertising Expenditure Forecasts projects global ad revenues of $600 billion in 2017, reaching $603 billion by the end of next year.

Physical Home Entertainment Market Eroded by Netflix

February 25, 2016

A new report from IHS points to a correlation between Netflix's launch in a market and a reduction in consumer spending on buying and renting movies and TV series on disc. Consumers spent $20.9 billion buying and renting movies and TV content in the U.S. in 2006, the report observes. By last year, total spending on this segment was down by 17 percent to $17.3 billion.