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LOS ANGELES: FOX International Channels (FIC) Content Sales is heading to MIPCOM with a slate of specials, documentaries and dramas, including the M. Night Shyamalan project Wayward Pines. Based on a novel by Blake Crouch, the show follows a Secret …

NEW YORK: At MIPCOM, Disney/ABC’s Anne Sweeney will be interviewed by World Screen’s Anna Carugati in a keynote session on Tuesday, October 14, in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des Festivals. In this exclusive interview, Anne Sweeney, co-chair of …

LOS ANGELES: The 2015 edition of the NATPE market and conference in Miami will take place under the theme Content Without Borders. The event is set to be held at Miami’s Fontainebleau Resort from January 20 to 22. The Content …

LONDON: Caleb Weinstein, who previously held roles at Amazon Instant Video and Discovery Networks EMEA, has been tapped to serve as executive VP of affiliate distribution for Europe and Africa at FOX International Channels (FIC). Weinstein will be based in …

TORONTO: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and Brazil's SP Cine have struck an agreement to provide financing for the development of co-productions. The pact is designed to foster the development of projects for TV, games and other digital media. The …

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has a range of new series to offer across its four genre divisions, with the slate of ZDFE.junior led by the animated H2O Mermaid Adventures. The new 52×24-minute H2O Mermaid Adventures takes the original concept of …

NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM: A dozen channels from the SPI International/FilmBox worldwide television portfolio are slated to launch soon on ApolloTV. Channels to be offered via ApolloTV's OTT and mobile TV platforms include FightBox HD, DocuBox HD, FashionBox HD, Fast&FunBox, 360 Tune Box, …

PREMIUM: Bruce Tuchman, the president of AMC and Sundance Channel Global, provides World Screen with his view on the opportunities still to be found in pay-TV markets worldwide. WS: Tell me about the thinking behind the strategy to make AMC …

LONDON: ITV has signed an investment deal with the digital entertainment company Believe Entertainment Group, which is behind such short-form content as The LeBrons for Xbox. ITV becomes a strategic partner for Believe, and will contribute its own U.S. production …

NEW YORK: This year at MIPCOM, CBS executives David Stapf and Armando Nuñez will hold a joint keynote on Tuesday, October 14, that will be moderated by World Screen’s group editorial director, Anna Carugati. The session will be held in …