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TORONTO: HBO will be honored as the Company of Distinction at the 37th edition of the Banff World Media Festival, where Richard Plepler, the chairman and CEO of the premium pay-TV channel, will deliver a keynote. As 2016’s Company of …

LOS ANGELES: FOX International Channels (FIC) has launched FOX Media, which promises a new approach to global cross-platform media buying and sponsorships. FOX Media encompasses FOX, National Geographic and FOX Sports in its portfolio of brands. The aim is to …

NEW YORK: A rundown of all the exclusive interviews, including with celebrities and top-level executives, and insightful trend features you’ll find in the MIPCOM issue, which, at a whopping 732 pages, is our biggest ever. All of us at World …

NEW YORK: The World Screen Preview for MIPCOM provides you with a number of useful services in one location, including a video interview, Q&As—with executives such as Time Warner’s Jeffrey Bewkes and such stars as Game of Thrones’s Emilia Clarke—features, …

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

CANNES: This MIPCOM, 108 Media plans to unveil the new horror/thriller film Hostile, which is the tale of a lonely woman who adopts two daughters possessed by a mysterious presence. On the lighter side, the company is representing the series …

NEW YORK: John Morayniss, the CEO of Entertainment One (eOne) Television, talks to World Screen about what’s been driving the gains within the company’s TV business.   Among the more than 4,500 hours of television programming in the Entertainment One (eOne) catalogue, buyers …

NEW YORK: The digital edition of World Screen—featuring interviews with Time Warner’s Jeffrey Bewkes, Fox Television Group’s Gary Newman and Dana Walden, and Endemol Shine Group’s Sophie Turner Laing, plus Emilia Clarke, Julianna Margulies, Michael Sheen, Andrew Lincoln, Peter Capaldi …

LONDON: A slew of new appointments have been made to FremantleMedia International's (FMI) global team, with an aim to strengthen sales in the emerging markets and ramp up scripted and non-scripted acquisitions in the U.S. and globally. Jennifer Barrett joins …

SEATTLE: Amazon has revealed the lineup for its fall pilot season, which includes six projects from talent such as Louis CK (Louie), Diablo Cody (Juno), Sacha Baron Cohen (The Dictator) and Tig Notaro (Boyish Girl Interrupted). The new batch of …