Mansha Daswani

NEW YORK: After five years of expanding the AMC and Sundance Channel brands across the globe, Bruce Tuchman is stepping down from his post at AMC Networks this spring.

Interviewed by World Screen’s Anna Carugati for the international keynote at NATPE, Endemol Shine Group CEO Sophie Turner Laing discussed the power of the company’s production and distribution network, maintaining “superbrands” like Big Brother and MasterChef and exploring how nonscripted entertainment evolves in the digital age.

MIAMI: In a panel discussion moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati, executives from Zodiak Media, Modern Times Group, Keshet International and Z Living discussed how each of their companies have adapted to shifts in viewing trends.

LONDON: After almost eight years at ITV, Peter Fincham is exiting his post as director of television, to be succeeded by Kevin Lygo.

Michael Grindon, the former head of international at Sony Pictures Television, tells World Screen about Legendary’s TV slate and about managing rights in the complex drama-distribution business today.

ATLANTA: Cartoon Network and the Lego Group have partnered for a new series, LEGO NEXO Knights. Debuting today at 5:30 p.m., the adventure/comedy will air on Cartoon Network globally in the weeks to come. The series is set in the …

HÖHENKIRCHEN/MUNICH: German brand management and media company m4e has appointed brand4rent as the agent for its preschool property Wissper in Russia and the CIS territories. In addition to media rights, the Moscow-based company will represent licensing and merchandising for the …

MILAN: Atlantyca Entertainment has appointed Marco Piccinini, formerly of Copyright Promotions Licensing Group (CPLG) in Italy, as licensing manager, effective immediately. Piccinini will be responsible for working with the company’s licensees to develop and coordinate exclusive multicategory merchandise and marketing …

Charting the biggest global media stories of 2015.

Buyers were most definitely spoiled for choice when it came to scripted product last year. Indeed, there were so many new titles on offer from across the globe that it was inevitable that industry watchers would start to ask when …