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MIAMI: FOX International Channels' Hernan Lopez, Viacom's Bob Bakish and Sony Pictures Television's Andy Kaplan said that the global pay-TV channels business is as healthy as ever in a NATPE session today moderated by World Screen's Anna Carugati.     …

MANHATTAN BEACH: Indie producer Eyeworks USA, which was originally founded as 3 Ball Productions, is rebranding as 3 Ball Entertainment, putting in place a new corporate structure. The name change follows Warner Bros.’ 2014 acquisition of the Eyeworks Group of …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, which is available with subtitles in Spanish, Mandarin and French, Armando Nuñez, the president and CEO of the CBS Global Distribution Group, and David Stapf, the president of CBS Television Studios, talk to World …

MIAMI: Mark your schedule to attend NATPE's Global Navigators: The Continued Vibrancy of the World’s Leading Channel Groups—What It Means to You session tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. in the Fontaine Ballroom. World Screen’s Anna Carugati will moderate the panel, which …

MIAMI: The second part of a joint study from NATPE and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) has revealed that viewers who stream TV programs say they have more positive impressions of the quality and assortment of TV content available to …

LOS GATOS: Currently present in about 50 countries—with a global membership base that hit 57.4 million at the end of 2014—Netflix is looking to complete its rollout to 200 markets in the next two years. The platform added 13 million …

MIAMI: The online retailer Overstock.com is planning to launch a VOD platform in the middle of this year, CEO Patrick Byrne announced at a press conference at NATPE, with an initial lineup of about 30,000 titles. The service will launch …

LOS ANGELES: As of February 9, FOX International Channels (FIC) will consolidate all of its 126 FOX channels outside the U.S. under a single brand positioning and network package. This worldwide simultaneous rebranding will take place in conjunction with the …

DENVER: Dana Strong, the COO of Virgin Media, has been appointed to the role of senior VP, chief transformation officer for Liberty Global, reporting directly to CEO Mike Fries. Strong joined the company in 1999, holding a number of positions …

TEL AVIV: Keshet Media Group has announced the lineup of executives and creatives scheduled to speak at its third annual international conference on Innovation in Television (INTV), to be held March 15 and 16 in Jerusalem. The conference, which will …