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LONDON: Pay-TV revenues in North America are said to have peaked in 2013 at $102.86 billion, with the latest forecast from Digital TV Research showing declines on the horizon. The Digital TV North America report projects pay-TV revenues (subscription and …

MEXICO CITY: Televisa Internacional’s kids’ talent show format Little Giants (Pequeños Gigantes) has been picked up in Poland, airing on that country’s TVN channel. The competition show sees youngsters between 4 and 12 years old taking the stage to show …

SINGAPORE: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has named June Yeoh as its new senior director of international program sales in Asia. As part of her tasks, Yeoh will supervise all the company’s brands in Asia, among them children’s network Nickelodeon …

PALISADES PARK: Alfred Haber Distribution has sold The Victoria's Secret Swim Special, a brand-new CBS television event, to a number of broadcasters around the world. The Victoria's Secret Swim Special is headed to Global TV in Canada, Canal Sony in …

NEW YORK: Joel Denton, the managing director of international content sales and partnerships at A+E Networks, shares with World Screen some of the highlights coming down the company's pipeline, including historical event series, biographical TV movies and female-skewing shows.   …

LONDON: Jens Richter, the CEO of FremantleMedia International (FMI), has put in place a new structure for the company's senior management team, in an effort to strengthen central operations and finance functions and increase sales focus in emerging markets. Bob …

LONDON: The U.K. government is enhancing the tax credits offered for TV and film, along with expanding support for the video game industry, in a series of measures announced as part of its annual budget statement. The government has increased …

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine North America has put in place its new executive management team, including Ben Samek as COO and Eden Gaha as president of unscripted television at Endemol Shine USA. Samek, who was formerly COO for Endemol North …

PREMIUM: Roy Price, the director of Amazon Studios, talks to World Screen about the unique pilot system used for greenlighting original series. WS: What have you learned from submitting pilots to subscribers? PRICE: We’ve learned that customers around the world …

MAINZ: Children’s series, dramas and a slate of factual titles are some of the highlights ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE), the distribution and production branch of German broadcaster ZDF, will be presenting at MIPTV. The ZDFE.junior collection now features Captain Flinn and …