Mansha Daswani

CANNES: A range of production, broadcast and distribution executives took part in the inaugural Diversity Summit at MIPCOM.

CANNES: Ben Sherwood, the president of Disney/ABC Television Group, delivered a keynote at MIPCOM today before sitting down for an interview with World Screen’s Anna Carugati on stage in the Grand Auditorium.

CANNES: Susanne Daniels, the global head of content for YouTube, discussed the platform’s original programming strategy during her MIPCOM keynote, unveiling new shows from Doug Liman, Dan Harmon and Dwayne Johnson.

CANNES: MIPCOM delegates were able to preview an episode of the National Geographic Channel series MARS at MIPCOM, with the screening followed by a panel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati and featuring executive producer Justin Wilkes and author Stephen Petranek, among others.

SILVER SPRING: AMC Networks has invested $65 million in Acorn TV's parent company, RLJ Entertainment.

CANNES: A+E Networks is in town with more than 650 hours of new programming, Sean Cohan, president of international and digital media, tells World Screen Newsflash, along with the stars of Knightfall, SIX, UnREAL and Pawn Stars, and a brand-new, enlarged booth.

MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 has made a minority investment in the global online video service Pluto TV, and has raised its revenue growth targets, expecting that more than half of its revenues will come from outside of the traditional TV ad sector by 2018.

NEW YORK: Discovery Communications has made a $100 million investment in a new millennial-focused digital media company that encompasses Thrillist, NowThis Media and The Dodo, plus its Seeker network and production studio SourceFed Studios.

LONDON: Sky has put $2 million into Caavo, an American consumer-electronics start-up venture.

NEW YORK: Here is a rundown of all the exclusive interviews and insightful trend features you’ll find in the MIPCOM issue of World Screen.