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NEW YORK: The World Screen app is now updated for MIPTV, delivering program listings, news and a range of resources to help you make the most out of your time in Cannes.

NEW YORK: After weeks of speculation, Viacom has officially named Jim Gianopulos as chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures, effective April 3.

NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM: AMC Studios has bolstered its executive team, naming Mark Dee-Shapland to the newly created position of head of content sales.

Digital TV Research projects that the number of non-pay-TV homes in Canada and the U.S. will rise from 20.69 million in 2012 to 41.56 million in 2022.

TORONTO/CANNES: Portfolio Entertainment is heading to MIPTV with a slate that features two new culinary shows and a selection of kids’ series, among other highlights.

Global advertising spending will continue to increase at growth rates of between 4 percent and 5 percent through 2019, Zenith says in its new Advertising Expenditure Forecasts report out today.

NEW YORK: TV Listings, the ultimate programming resource for buyers, is available as a digital edition, which is easy to print and take with you as you head to MIPTV. You can view the digital edition here or download it and print it from here.

The vice CEO shares the strategy in building up the company's TV business, working within a straight-to-series model and more.

MUNICH/NEW YORK: Red Arrow Entertainment Group's Left/Right has signed multiyear contract extensions with Banks Tarver and Ken Druckerman, co-founders and co-presidents, and COO Kevin Vargas.

CANNES: The crime drama Dumb, a Dori Media Group title, has been a hit for HOT in Israel, with ratings success leading to second and third seasons being ordered.