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PARIS: MIPCOM 2015 will feature the brand-new conference program Into the Stream, which is meant to address the changing global video ecosystem and content distribution strategies across all platforms. Daily sessions and keynotes will explore the digital transformation of traditional …

NEW YORK: The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association’s (LIMA) first annual Global Licensing Industry Survey reveals that the market for products bearing the trademarked names and likenesses of cartoon characters, corporate logos and brands, major sports teams and more generated …

LONDON: MP & Silva has secured the media rights for LaLiga football in Scandinavia and Finland, as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and Japan. The agreement covers all matches during the tournament …

PARIS: Mark Gordon, whose TV and film production credits include Grey's Anatomy and Criminal Minds, is slated to deliver a MIPCOM keynote on Tuesday, October 6. Gordon's keynote, which will take place in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des …

VANCOUVER: The multichannel network operator BroadbandTV and BMG, Bertelsmann's music publishing and rights subsidiary, have teamed up to launch Windfall, which will help to promote up-and-coming musical artists on YouTube. Windfall will help to find, develop and service artists across …

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix is bringing back its animated adult comedy BoJack Horseman for a third season, and has also unveiled a new original documentary for its slate, Keith Richards: Under the Influence. Season three of BoJack Horseman will feature 12 …

NEW YORK: Berk Uziyel, the executive director of Filmbox International and director of new media for SPI International, talks to World Screen about the first worldwide native 4K/Ultra HD TV channel, FunBox 4K UHD. At this past ANGACOM in Germany, …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has cleared the way for AT&T to acquire DIRECTV and merge the two companies into one combined entity. The $49 billion transaction will create one of the largest multichannel video providers in the …

BEVERLY HILLS: Angelina Jolie Pitt is signed on to direct an adaptation of First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers as an original movie for Netflix.  The film will be based on the memoir of Cambodian author …

PHILADELPHIA: Revenue for NBCUniversal increased 20.2 percent to $7.2 billion in the second quarter of 2015, with strong gains in filmed entertainment and theme parks. Operating cash flow increased 19.4 percent to $1.7 billion. Revenue from the cable networks segment …