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PREMIUM: Cathy Payne, the CEO of Endemol Shine International, talks to World Screen Newsflash about working with producers to help finance projects the company is developing to find the right homes for them among the dozens of linear channels and nonlinear services in numerous territories.

The Series Mania Forum is set to hold an all-new Virtual Reality (VR) Co-Production Initiative at the festival at Lille Grand Palais later this month.

The new Star TV series Kuzgun, two Filipino dramas from GMA Network and Showtime's Desus & Mero late-night show are among the February premieres that generated the most interest in social media, according to The WIT.

Pact has revealed a new legal framework designed to protect the sharing of confidential ideas and IP between U.K. and Chinese co-production partners.

PREMIUM: Fred Burcksen, the president and CEO of ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE), tells World Screen Newsflash that knowing how to work with partners is essential, given the high cost of producing quality content that is so in demand today.

The world’s first program of 8K content screenings is set to take place at MIPTV 2019 in the Palais des Festivals this April.

Digital Media Rights (DMR) has signed deals with U.K.-based distributors Arrow Films and DRG to license their respective catalogs of feature films, British TV shows and documentaries.

TaTaTu, a blockchain-based social entertainment platform that allows users to earn tokens by watching and sharing content, is launching in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and Italy.

Tehmina Jaffer has left Netflix to join The Walt Disney Co.’s direct-to-consumer and international service, which is launching the company’s new streaming platform Disney+.

The managing director talks about how the company is positioning itself in the media landscape, working with digital platforms and raising the profile of Austrian content.