Mansha Daswani

NEW YORK/PARIS: Laurine Garaude, the director of the television division at Reed MIDEM, tells World Screen Newsflash that more than 14,000 delegates are expected at MIPCOM this year, including a record number of buyers, with close to 5,000 anticipated on site.

The actor shares why he was compelled to join Designated Survivor and why he can’t wait to launch it to the international market with Entertainment One at MIPCOM.

The showrunner of The Walking Dead talks about season six’s shocking cliff-hanger, the show’s opinionated fans and managing basic cable’s biggest hit.

A new report from Digitalsmiths on pay-TV subscribers has found that many are overwhelmed with the volume of channels available and do not feel it's easy to find the content they want to watch. The company queried more than 3,000 people aged 18 and up in the U.S. and Canada if they plan to switch pay-TV providers in the next six months for the Q2 2016 Video Trends Report: 7.2 percent plan to cut their service, 7 percent plan to switch providers, 3.7 percent want to move to an online service or app and 31.8 percent are on the fence.

ENGLEWOOD: Consolidated revenue at Starz fell by 4 percent in the second quarter to $402.6 million, with operating income down by 5 percent to $105.4 million.

NEW YORK: CBS Corporation’s second-quarter net profit rose by 27 percent to $423 million on revenues that were up by 2 percent to $3.3 billion.

MUMBAI/MUNICH: Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEEL) has launched a Bollywood movie network specifically for the German market called Zee.One.

LOS ANGELES: Netflix has given second-season renewals to Chelsea and the scripted comedies Lady Dynamite and Real Rob.

LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee will launch the Olympic Channel on August 21, following the Closing Ceremony at the Rio Games.

NEW YORK: Revenues at NBCUniversal were down slightly in the second quarter due to weaker results from its film unit, despite gains in both its broadcast TV and cable networks businesses.