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SYDNEY: ThinkTV has commissioned a study to prove the value and return on investment of television for advertisers in Australia.

LONDON: Oscar-winning director Ang Lee (Life of Pi, Brokeback Mountain) has been selected to receive the International Honour for Excellence at IBC2016.

According to new research from J.D. Power, customers tend to be a lot happier with services like Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and other streaming platforms when they keep their existing pay-TV subscription. Cord-cutters had the lowest overall satisfaction scores (802) of any customer segment in the J.D. Power 2016 Streaming Video Satisfaction Study.

LONDON/AMSTERDAM: Endemol Shine Group has launched the new games developer and publisher Good Catch, with the app KSI Unleashed being the first title released under the label.

EDINBURGH: In his keynote MacTaggart lecture at the Edinburgh International Television Festival, VICE Founder and CEO Shane Smith issued a warning to media companies that they must adapt to the needs and tastes of a new generation.

NEW YORK: Fredrik af Malmborg, the managing director of Eccho Rights, tells World Screen Newsflash about the trends he sees in the global marketplace and what countries he’s keeping an eye on for innovative new ideas.

LONDON: ITV has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Entertainment One (eOne), after its initial bid was rejected earlier this month.

EDINBURGH/LONDON: FremantleMedia has picked up the global rights, excluding the U.S., for True North Productions's tentatively titled reality series The Naked Truth.

TEL AVIV: TV5MONDE has picked up the ready-mades of Armoza Formats’s dramedy Karl & Max and will air the series on its 11 channels across 200 countries.

The number of international Netflix subscribers is forecast to exceed its U.S. total by 2018, according to new analysis from IHS Markit.