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CANNES: DR's Piv Bernth, Foxtel's Ross Crowley, Azteca's Pedro Lascurain and Starz's Carmi Zlotnik received their World Screen Content Trendsetter Awards in partnership with MIPCOM in Cannes today, following the Acquisition Superpanel: What Do Buyers Want? session moderated by Anna …

MUNICH: A host of broadcasters have already signed up for the high-budget mini-series Pinocchio, with Global Screen clinching presales with, among others, RTV Slovenija and Ceska Televize. In addition to the Czech Republic and Slovenia, the partly animated mini has …

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 …

LOS ANGELES: Hasbro Studios has named Global Agency as the exclusive international sales agent for format rights for Family Game Night and other game shows. Global Agency will also be representing the format rights for Game of Life, Boggle Showdown …

CANNES: The nominees for the 41st International Emmy Awards span 19 countries across nine categories, with winners to be announced at a ceremony on November 25. The 36 nominees hail from Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, …

CANNES: Get ready for the market's official opening tomorrow by picking up copies of our MIPCOM editions at a number of hotels on the Croisette, and downloading or updating the World Screen app, delivering programming listings, news and a host …

NEW YORK: Bruce Paisner, the president and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, shares his thoughts on how broadcasters and advertisers must face the challenges of consumers' changing TV-viewing habits.  My four-year-old grandson, Wyatt, came to visit …

CANNES: The union of air traffic controllers in the European Union has said it is postponing its strike that had been scheduled for the last day of MIPCOM. The industrial action on October 10 had threatened to derail the travel …

CANNES: Feature films have been a sweet spot for Artist View Entertainment, and at this market, the company is offering two new action-based titles. April Rain involves an eclectic group of terrorists, while West End is about an undercover FBI …

CANNES: Endemol Worldwide Distribution's new MIPCOM lineup includes The Ark and Death Comes to Pemberley, period dramas featuring star-studded casts. The Ark, which tells the stories of World War I’s front-line medics, stars Oona Chaplin, Hermione Norris and Suranne Jones. …