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WELLINGTON: Pukeko Pictures has appointed Clive Spink to replace Andrew Smith as the company’s CEO. Spink has served as the chief operating officer at Pukeko Pictures for more than a year. He is expected to continue to promote the company’s business …

MUNICH: Revenues at ProSiebenSat.1 increased 11.8 percent in the second quarter to 772.5 million euros ($846 million), with the group confirming a positive outlook for 2015. Recurring EBITDA rose by 8.4 percent to 237.6 million euros ($260 million). The company …

BEVERLY HILLS: Three new projects are in the works for National Geographic Channel, including the global event series Red Planet, which boasts Brian Grazer and Ron Howard as executive producers. Red Planet will tell the epic story of the quest …

NEW YORK: The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association’s (LIMA) first annual Global Licensing Industry Survey reveals that the market for products bearing the trademarked names and likenesses of cartoon characters, corporate logos and brands, major sports teams and more generated …

LONDON: MP & Silva has secured the media rights for LaLiga football in Scandinavia and Finland, as well as Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia and Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia and Japan. The agreement covers all matches during the tournament …

PARIS: Mark Gordon, whose TV and film production credits include Grey's Anatomy and Criminal Minds, is slated to deliver a MIPCOM keynote on Tuesday, October 6. Gordon's keynote, which will take place in the Grand Auditorium of the Palais des …

VANCOUVER: The multichannel network operator BroadbandTV and BMG, Bertelsmann's music publishing and rights subsidiary, have teamed up to launch Windfall, which will help to promote up-and-coming musical artists on YouTube. Windfall will help to find, develop and service artists across …

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix is bringing back its animated adult comedy BoJack Horseman for a third season, and has also unveiled a new original documentary for its slate, Keith Richards: Under the Influence. Season three of BoJack Horseman will feature 12 …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has cleared the way for AT&T to acquire DIRECTV and merge the two companies into one combined entity. The $49 billion transaction will create one of the largest multichannel video providers in the …

NEW YORK: Berk Uziyel, the executive director of Filmbox International and director of new media for SPI International, talks to World Screen about the first worldwide native 4K/Ultra HD TV channel, FunBox 4K UHD. At this past ANGACOM in Germany, …