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LONDON: ZenithOptimedia is forecasting that the internet will be the largest advertising medium in 12 key ad markets in 2017, overtaking television. Last year, the internet was the dominant medium in seven markets: Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden …

PRAGUE: The pre-market sessions at NATPE Europe today included a look at the prodigal son of the content business, the co-production, with a panel that featured Versailles producer Claude Chelli, BBC Worldwide's Ben Donald, Sky's Anne Mensah and others. Once …

PHILADELPHIA: Cable industry pioneer Ralph Roberts, the founder and chairman emeritus of Comcast Corporation, died of natural causes last night at the age of 95. Roberts founded Comcast in 1963 with the acquisition of a 1,200-subscriber cable system in Mississippi …

SEATTLE/LONDON: Amazon released all six episodes of season one of Catastrophe today, as Avalon Distribution announced it had clinched deals on the London-set comedy in a number of international markets. Written by comedian and best-selling author Rob Delaney and award-winning …

LOS ANGELES: Norman Horowitz, the former president and CEO of MGM/UA Telecommunications, passed away earlier this week at his home in Los Angeles. He was 82. Horowitz suffered a heart attack at his Beverly Hills home. He is is survived …

NEW YORK: In this video interview, Can Okan, the president and CEO of ITV-Inter Medya, talks to World Screen about where he sees future growth opportunities, including entering new territories and diversifying the company’s catalogue.   The global success of …

NEW YORK: It has been officially announced that as of July 1, Rupert Murdoch and Lachlan Murdoch will become executive co-chairmen of 21st Century Fox, while Chase Carey and James Murdoch will take on the roles of executive vice chairman …

LONDON: Global OTT TV and video revenues will reach $51.1 billion in 2020, a new report from Digital TV Research projects, with subscriptions overtaking advertising as the segment's largest revenue contributor. In 2010, global OTT revenues were just $4.2 billion, …

NEW YORK: Watch clips and access detailed information on hundreds of new shows by visiting our video portal's dedicated Screening Rooms for NATPE Europe. WorldScreenings.com allows you to search for a show by company, title, keyword, genre and duration. Clips …

LOS ANGELES: Pancho Mansfield has been appointed as president of global scripted programming for Entertainment One Television, working out of the company's Los Angeles office. Mansfield is charged with overseeing the studio’s original scripted slate and harmonizing the creative execution of …