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MEDIACOM PARK/BRISTOL: Mediacom Communications Corporation and The Walt Disney Company have renewed their distribution agreement, which now includes a full suite of authenticated TV Everywhere services, including WATCH Disney Channel. As part of the new multiyear deal, Mediacom will introduce …

NEW YORK: Jane Millichip, the managing director of Sky Vision, tells World Screen about the expanding opportunities she sees for the company in the international market. WS: What's been your overall approach to building Sky Vision’s drama slate? MILLICHIP: Drama …

LONDON: Global TV advertising expenditure is expected to reach $236 billion in 2020, up by 38 percent from last year, thanks to spending on the World Cup and economic improvements in much of Europe, according to Digital TV Research. TV …

NEW YORK: Al Jazeera America has rejected the claims filed by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt earlier this week regarding money owed from the sale of Current TV, calling the allegations "blatantly false." Al Jazeera America has said that the …

GLENDALE: Fazal Merchant is joining the team at DreamWorks Animation in the role of chief financial officer, taking over from Lew Coleman, who is moving to the post of vice chairman. Merchant takes up the new position officially as of …

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) Licensing has lined up new marketing initiatives and apparel and accessories licensing partners for the Skelanimals lifestyle brand. There are 2-minute-long animated shorts currently in production for release in spring 2015. An updated Skelanimals website and …

NEW YORK: Stuart Baxter, the president of Entertainment One Television International, talks about the programming that has emerged from deals with AMC Networks and El Rey Network in the U.S. and his plans for growth in this ever-changing business. WS: …

NEW YORK: Former U.S. VP Al Gore has filed a lawsuit against Al Jazeera America regarding money owed from the sale of Current TV. The suit, filed by Gore and business partner Joel Hyatt, alleges that the Qatar-owned network has …

LONDON/NEW YORK: In its biannual This Year, Next Year report, GroupM forecasts that global advertising investments in 2015 will reach $560 billion, finally exceeding the pre-crisis peak of 2007-08. The U.S. still accounts for a quarter of global ad dollars, …

LONDON: Nigel Pickard is set to join Dial Square 86, the new production company founded by RDF Media and Zodiak Media veteran David Frank. In April, Pickard stepped down as CEO of Zodiak UK Kids and chair of The Foundation. …