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LONDON: Sly Fox Productions and Acorn Media Enterprises have inked a first-look deal with the comedy writers Paul Mendelson and Paul Alexander.

AUCKLAND: MediaWorks has partnered with music and entertainment content platform Vevo to become its exclusive premium video sales partner in New Zealand.

NEW YORK: The April/MIPTV 2016 edition of World Screen has been honored by the most prestigious awards ceremony for the printing industry, winning a Gold Ink Award for best-printed trade magazine in the world.

The company's CEO talks about the genres that are currently in demand and which types of rights are most sought-after by buyers.

SYDNEY: The Australian government has reintroduced a media reform bill, which is facing another ten-week inquiry.

PREMIUM: Jeffrey Tambor, the star of Transparent, speaks to World Screen Newsflash about his experience working on the Amazon series.

A new report from Digitalsmiths on pay-TV subscribers has found that many are overwhelmed with the volume of channels available and do not feel it's easy to find the content they want to watch. The company queried more than 3,000 people aged 18 and up in the U.S. and Canada if they plan to switch pay-TV providers in the next six months for the Q2 2016 Video Trends Report: 7.2 percent plan to cut their service, 7 percent plan to switch providers, 3.7 percent want to move to an online service or app and 31.8 percent are on the fence.

AUCKLAND: New Zealand's MediaWorks has made one appointment and two promotions for its programming and management teams, including hiring David Hine as the new general manager of 3NOW.

BRUSSELS: While the Olympic Games in Rio delivered solid numbers for live TV viewership, most countries reached new online records with the broadcasts, according to egta data.

LOS ANGELES: Manuel Alduy has been appointed as senior VP of sales and development at Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution (TCFTVD) and managing director of the Paris office.