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NEW YORK: The Digital Edition of the 2012 World Screen Distributors Guide is now available. The World Screen Distributors Guide provides comprehensive information on some of the top distributors in the entertainment industry. It will be available at MIPTV and …

PREMIUM: Andy Kaplan, the president of networks at Sony Pictures Television, talks to World Screen Newsflash about the strengths of the AXN brand as it celebrates its 15th anniversary. AXN first launched in Asia in 1997 and has since rolled …

NEW YORK: Bruce Tuchman, the recently installed president of AMC/Sundance Channel Global, talks to World Screen Newsflash about extending the channel brands around the world. A relative newcomer in the international cable and satellite channel landscape, AMC Networks has spent …

HAMPSHIRE: Consumers’ growing satisfaction with watching mobile TV on tablets is set to drive average monthly viewing to 186 minutes per month in 2014, according to a new report from Juniper Research. The report, Mobile TV: Applications, Devices and Opportunities 2012-2016, …

HOLLYWOOD: The Jim Henson Company has confirmed a raft of international broadcast deals for its live-action fantasy features Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, as well as the science-fiction series Farscape. The Dark Crystal has been licensed to Showtime, HD Net …

LONDON: FremantleMedia Enterprises (FME) has firmed up a first-look deal with Richard Taylor’s Pukeko Pictures to develop scripted series. The two will work together on new scripted series. FME and Pukeko have jointly hired Adam Fratto to lead the development …

BOSTON: Global adspend is expected to grow 4.9 percent this year to reach $465.5 billion, with the TV sector accounting for 40 percent of all spending, according to the latest forecast from Strategy Analytics. Global TV advertising is expected to increase …

SAN JOSE: The number of global IPTV subscribers is expected to grow from 53 million in 2011 to 105.1 million in 2015, a CAGR of 18.7 percent, according to new forecasts from the Multimedia Research Group (MRG). Revenue for the …

NEW YORK: Dutch director Paul Verhoeven explains his new cross-media, user-generated movie, Entertainment Experience, and talks about making films on both sides of the Atlantic.   Verhoeven began his career in television, and went on to produce the feature films …

PREMIUM, February 23: ABC’s Revenge is one of the hot new dramas this season. Creator Mike Kelley talks to World Screen Newsflash about taking a classic theme and updating it with intertwining plot lines, love-to-hate characters, lavish lifestyles and high-octane …