Mansha Daswani
Mansha Daswani is the editor-in-chief and associate publisher of World Screen. She can be reached on mdaswani@worldscreen.com.
March 29, 2016
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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.
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March 24, 2016
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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.
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March 23, 2016
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SAN JOSE: Adobe and comScore have announced an alliance that aims to deliver "consistent" cross-device audience measurement of video and ad content.
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March 23, 2016
Analysis, Top Stories
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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March 23, 2016
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NEW YORK: A rundown of all the exclusive interviews and insightful trend features you’ll find in the MIPTV issue of World Screen.
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March 21, 2016
Analysis, Top Stories
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.
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March 10, 2016
Interviews, Top Stories
The star of Blunt Talk speaks about embracing comedy and working with the show’s ensemble cast.
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March 3, 2016
Interviews, Top Stories
The president talks about the company’s strategy for aligning with independent producers, filling gaps in the market and maximizing the long-tail value of its properties.
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February 25, 2016
Analysis, Top Stories
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.
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February 25, 2016
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MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 Media is hailing 2015 as a record year, with revenues rising 13.4 percent to 3.3 billion euros ($3.6 billion) and net profit up 11.6 percent to 467.5 million euros ($514.7 million).
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