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NEW YORK/ATLANTA: Turner Broadcasting System is eliminating about 1,475 positions from its global workforce, with the layoffs to come from across the news, entertainment, kids, young adult and sports networks businesses. Turner currently employs about 14,000 staff across the globe. …

LONDON/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) Television International is extending its sales and distribution arm and restructuring its team as part of its efforts to drive the division's next phase of growth. Stuart Baxter, the president of eOne Television International, is …

CANNES: The Gags Network, on offer from AFL Productions at MIPCOM, is home to such shows as Naked & Funny, 2Rude4UTube, Crazy TV Pranks, Painfully Funny and others, making up the world’s largest library of shorts: gags, pranks, bloopers and …

NEW YORK: TV Listings, the ultimate programming resource for buyers, is available as a digital edition, which is easy to print and take with you as you head to MIPCOM. You can view the digital edition here or download it …

LONDON: Currently the director of BBC Children's and CBBC and CBeebies, Joe Godwin is now set to become the director of the BBC Academy when it moves to its new home in Birmingham in 2015. Godwin has been the director …

TORONTO: NZ On Air and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) have partnered for a new million-dollar initiative that is meant to encourage digital media collaboration between New Zealand and Canada. The Canada-New Zealand Digital Media incentive has $C1 million ($888,500) …

HALIFAX/LOS ANGELES/LONDON: DHX Media is stepping up its efforts in the area of scripted prime-time programming, having signed a first-look deal with the indie production outfit New Metric Media. New Metric Media has a number of scripted series in development, …

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has aligned with Adam Sandler for the release of four movies made exclusively for the Internet TV service. Sandler's films have grossed more than $3 billion globally at the box office. Now, Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions will …

NEW YORK: In this special video report—available with subtitles in Spanish, Mandarin and French—World Screen speaks with Rola Bauer, president and partner at Tandem; Sandra Stern, the COO of Lionsgate Television; and Irina Ignatiew, the managing director of global scripted distribution …

TOKYO/BURBANK: Japan's SoftBank Corp. has invested $250 million in the Hollywood entertainment financier and producer Legendary Entertainment. The two companies are forming a joint venture to exploit Legendary's IP rights, including TV, digital, L&M and other ancillary lines, across various …