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NEW YORK: The World Screen app is now updated for MIPTV, delivering program listings, news and a range of resources to help you make the most out of your time in Cannes. Update or download the app here. Features of …

NEW YORK: The digital edition of World Screen—featuring interviews with Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer, Disney’s Anne Sweeney, Discovery's David Zaslav, Televisa’s Emilio Azcárraga Jean, Scandal’s Kerry Washington, Modern Family’s Sofía Vergara, Broadchurch’s David Tennant, Person of Interest’s Michael Emerson and many …

NEW YORK: 21st Century Fox has appointed Lachlan Murdoch as non-executive co-chairman and James Murdoch has been elevated to co-chief operating officer. As non-executive co-chairman, Lachlan will work closely with senior management and the rest of the 21st Century Fox …

LONDON: Despite a small decline in 2013, the number of pay-TV subscribers in North America is now expected to increase, with Digital TV North America forecasting 5 million additions by 2020. However, pay-TV penetration is expected to drop from 87 …

PARIS/SYDNEY: Tim Worner, the CEO of Seven West Media, is among the recipients of this year's MIPTV Médaille d’Honneur Award, along with Fox's Marion Edwards, Channel One Russia's Konstantin Ernst and Tele München's Herbert G. Kloiber. Worner has been recognized …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises is launching sales on the animated series Knight Rusty from its ZDFE.junior catalogue, along with a host of other highlights across its drama, factual and entertainment divisions. Also from the ZDFE.junior catalogue is the animated series Q …

BURBANK: Ben Sherwood, the president of ABC News, will take over as co-chairman of Disney Media Networks and president of Disney/ABC Television Group on February 1, 2015, succeeding Anne Sweeney. Effective immediately, Sherwood will begin the transition as co-president of …

AMSTERDAM: Jesus Perezagua is leaving his post as president of Europe and Africa at FOX International Channels (FIC), effective April 30. Perezagua has been with FIC since 2003, when he joined as managing director of FIC Spain and Portugal. In …

NEW YORK: Liberty Media Corp. was the most profitable U.S. media and entertainment company in 2013, according to newly released rankings by SNL Kagan, followed by 21st Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company. Liberty Global's 2013 profit was just …

NEW YORK: The window for U.S. media and entertainment companies to enter the global subscription-television market is now shut, after having spent $5 billion on acquisitions of international pay-TV assets over the last two years, according to analysts Sterne Agee. Analysts …