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LOS ANGELES: According to EY, the media and entertainment business will outperform major global stock market indices for the first time in five years, thanks in part to rising digital revenues. Spotlight on Profitable Growth: Media and Entertainment, Vol. VI, …

CANNES: Roy Price, the director of Amazon Studios, shared the company’s approach to developing kids’ and entertainment content for “the new TV,” a process driven by customers and creators, in a MIPCOM keynote that was followed by a Q&A with …

MUNICH: Peanuts Worldwide is teaming up with Normaal Animation and Télévisions for the creation of 500 new animated shorts based on Charles M. Schulz's iconic Peanuts characters. The collection of 90-second shorts will be released for worldwide distribution next fall. …

NEW YORK: Global TV ad expenditure grew 4.2 percent on a year-over-year basis, accounting for 57.6 percent of the total ad spend, according to Nielsen's quarterly Global AdView Pulse report. TV held onto its position as the front-running media format …

LOS GATOS: Netflix added 1.3 million domestic subs in Q3 for a total of 31.09 million and 1.4 million new international subscribers to expand its base to 9.19 million. Its U.S. net additions were 11-percent higher than the prior year …

EL SEGUNDO: The global market for connectable set-top boxes (STBs) is forecast to spike by 91 percent from 2012 to 2017, according to the latest report from IHS. Worldwide shipments of connectable STBs are set to rise to 125.6 million …

PAWTUCKET: For the third quarter of 2013, Hasbro reported net revenues of $1.37 billion, up 2 percent, and adjusted net earnings of $172.5 million, up 5 percent. The boys segment saw a dip in net revenues of 17 percent, to …

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has revealed that its new premium drama and comedy channel is to be called BBC First, which is launching on Foxtel in August 2014. BBC First will offer viewers the best in British scripted content. The brand …

HAMILTON: The executive management team of Central European Media Enterprises (CME) is changing as the result of two upcoming resignations. CFO David Sach is planning to exit the company on October 29. David Sturgeon, who became CME's deputy CFO in …

CANNES: The Acquisition Superpanel at MIPCOM, moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati and featuring DR’s Piv Bernth, Azteca’s Pedro Lascurain, Starz’s Carmi Zlotnik and Foxtel’s Ross Crowley, was followed by the presentation of the third annual Content Trendsetter Awards.   …