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MUNICH: Red Arrow International has unveiled its new slate of shows launching at MIPTV 2016, including the scripted crime series Bosch, which is back with a second season.

TORONTO: Tricon Films & Television is expanding its factual business with two new hires, alongside the appointment of Christine Davis as director of animation production within its kids and family division.

CANNES: Richard Dickson, the president and chief operating officer of Mattel, will deliver a keynote at MIPTV on Tuesday, April 5, at 5:15 p.m., which will be followed by a Q&A with World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

NEW YORK: The digital edition of World Screen—featuring interviews with RTL Group’s Anke Schäferkordt and Guillaume de Posch, Fox’s Peter Rice, Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer, A+E’s Nancy Dubuc, plus James Spader, Damian Lewis and Patrick Stewart and many more—is now available. You can also access the digital editions of TV Europe, TV Kids, TV Formats, TV Drama, TV Real, TV AsiaPac, TV MEA, TV Latina and TV Listings.

Global advertising revenues will rise by 4.6 percent this year, ZenithOptimedia projects, reaching $579 billion, up from the 3.9-percent growth rate in 2015. ZenithOptimedia’s new Advertising Expenditure Forecasts projects global ad revenues of $600 billion in 2017, reaching $603 billion by the end of next year.

Peter Rice, chairman and CEO of the Fox Networks Group (FNG), believes offering brands that are meaningful to consumers, chock-full of TV events, bold programming, and can’t-miss sports, is the key to his portfolio’s success, now and in the future.

STUTTGART: A total of 39 animation projects from 14 countries have been selected to participate in the tenth-anniversary edition of Animation Production Day (APD), running April 28 and 29.

Most consumers have no plans to become cord cutters, with viewers worldwide choosing to supplement traditional TV rather than leave it, according to new Nielsen findings.

NEW YORK: The digital editions of the World Screen Guide and the TV Formats Guide are now available.

PARIS: MIPTV has announced the launch of Brands@MIPTV, a full program dedicated to brands that underlines their growing crossover with the entertainment content industry.