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EL SEGUNDO: The global shipments of televisions in 2012 amounted to 238.5 million units, which is down 6.3 percent from the prior year, and shipments are not expected to increase back to the 2011 level until 2015, according to an …

NEW YORK: Watch hundreds of clips and access detailed information on more than 1,000 new shows by visiting WorldScreenings.com’s dedicated Screening Rooms for MIPTV. WorldScreenings.com allows you to search for a show by company, title, keyword, genre and duration. Clips …

NEW YORK: World Screen has unveiled its multimedia MIPTV Preview site, featuring a video interview with Turner’s Gerhard Zeiler, Q&As with Ryan Seacrest, Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer and Homeland’s Howard Gordon, as well as a number of features and other resources. …

NEW YORK: World Screen’s editors provide a snapshot of the highlights of our MIPTV edition, which features a refreshed look and a lineup of features and interviews you won’t find anywhere else. For more than half of MIPTV’s 50-year history, …

NEW YORK: The digital editions of World Screen—featuring interviews with Ryan Seacrest, Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer, Turner’s Gerhard Zeiler, The Walking Dead‘s Andrew Lincoln, Breaking Bad‘s Bryan Cranston and Vegas‘s Dennis Quaid, among many others—TV Europe, TV Formats, TV Kids, TV Real, TV Asia Pacific, TV Middle …

PARIS: In commemorating its 50th anniversary, MIPTV is presenting its first-ever Médaille d’Honneur awards, selecting six executives to recognize for their contributions to the international television business. The honorees are: Jan Mojto, the CEO of Beta Film; Armando Nuñez, the …

NEW YORK: World Screen is expanding its roster of annual publications with the addition of a September issue, which will be delivered to the desks of media executives ahead of MIPCOM. The September edition of World Screen will serve as …

CANNES: The hugely popular Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) sports property Bellator is already attracting a great deal of interest for FremantleMedia International in the Middle East and Africa. The company has high hopes that its female-skewed entertainment show XOX, Betsey …

TORONTO: Andy Schreiber has become a sales executive for the distribution division of Peace Point Entertainment, Peace Point Rights. Based in Los Angeles, Schreiber will be charged with bringing the company’s catalogues to the U.S. market including theatrical, television, home …

SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has given the go-ahead to a pilot for Zombieland, the seventh comedy pilot for its Prime Instant Video service. Zombieland is based on the hit movie from Colombia Pictures of the same name. The pilot comes from …