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BUDAPEST: Karen Connell, who handles sales for Central and Eastern Europe, among other territories, at Beyond Distribution, has noticed that buyers across CEE have been doing fewer deals, but picking up larger programming packages.   “The needs of channels across …

NEW YORK: Watch clips and access detailed information on numerous new shows by visiting WorldScreenings.com’s dedicated Screening Rooms for NATPE Budapest. WorldScreenings.com allows you to search for a show by company, title, keyword, genre and duration. Clips can be watched in …

GENEVA: The U.S. singing competition Duets and the Indian talk show Satyamev Jayate were cited among the top 10 series trending in social media in a new report from The WIT (World Information Tracking). The WIT tracks nearly 60,000 shows …

BUDAPEST: Flagship titles from the HISTORY catalogue, including Ice Road Truckers and Pawn Stars, have been popular for A+E Networks in Central and Eastern Europe, according to Jo Lovell, the company’s director of content sales for Europe.   The new …

NEW YORK: The digital editions of World Screen, featuring interviews with Modern Times Group’s Hans-Holger Albrecht, TV Nova’s Jan Andrusko and TV 2 Norway’s John Ranelagh; TV Europe, which includes an article about format sales in Central and Eastern Europe; …

NEW YORK: Global entertainment and media spending will hit $2.1 trillion in 2016, up from $1.6 trillion last year, fueled by new revenue opportunities from the digital delivery of content and advertising, according to a PwC forecast. Digital spending is expected …

SANTA CLARA: Nearly 20 percent of all the televisions shipped worldwide in Q1 2012 were Smart TVs, with China at the forefront of the trend in emerging markets, according to a new report from NPD DisplaySearch. The Quarterly Smart TV Shipment …

TEL AVIV: Dori Media Group will be at NATPE Budapest with a slate that includes Single Again, the Chilean version of Date Blind. Single Again will be featured alongside the new crime series New York, the teen daily drama Galis …

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES/LONDON: Carrie Stein is taking on the role of executive VP of global production at Entertainment One (eOne) Television, to be based at the company’s Los Angeles office. Stein reports to John Morayniss, the CEO of eOne Television. She …

TORONTO: Australia’s Essential Media and Entertainment and the North American production company 11 Television have combined to create the Essential 11 Media Group. Essential Media and Entertainment will continue to produce factual, drama and kids’ content for Australia and the …