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The nominations for the 2019 International Emmy Awards have been announced by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, with 44 nominees across 11 categories and 21 countries.

Back Roads Entertainment has signed an overall co-production partnership with the NBA Hall of Fame basketball star Shaquille O'Neal, his business partner Michael Parris and their production company Jersey Legends.

Creator and executive producer Darren Star (Sex and the City, Younger) has been lined up as the first in a roster of Media Mastermind Keynotes at MIPCOM 2019.

A Battlestar Galactica reboot from Mr. Robot's Sam Esmail is among the program highlights for the launch slate of NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, Peacock.

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Facebook have partnered to launch a slate of eight original short-form series created for Facebook Watch.

PREMIUM: Equally at ease in comedies as in dramas, actor Rob Lowe talks to World Screen Newsflash about also taking on responsibilities of executive producer, as in the recent Wild Bill.

The average person will spend 100 minutes each day watching online video in 2021, up from 84 minutes this year, according to Zenith’s Online Video Forecasts 2019 report.

The September/Pre-MIPCOM digital edition of World Screen is now available, including a special report in which leading distributors weigh in on the latest developments in the global drama market.

PREMIUM: Patricia Arquette tells World Screen Newsflash about dealing with weighty issues in Escape at Dannemora, which garnered her an Emmy nomination for her portrayal of prison employee Tilly Mitchell, who helps two inmates escape; and The Act, in which she plays a mentally ill mother, Dee Dee Blanchard, who repeatedly severely harms her daughter as a way of getting attention.

All3Media has brought its indie production companies Lion TV and Lime Pictures closer together, with Lion TV Managing Director Shahana Meer deciding not to take part in the restructuring and exiting the company.