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Starz chief operating officer Jeffrey Hirsch has signed a new long-term agreement that continues his tenure until December 2020. Within 18 months, Hirsch launched the Starz streaming services and app. (…)

Virtual reality (VR) will be given special emphasis at this year’s MIPTV, held in Cannes, France, from April 3-6. President of Viveport at HTC Vive, Rikard Steiber, will be giving (…)

SPI International / FILMBOX Channels Group will launch nine networks on K3 Telecom in Liberia. The channel package includes FilmBox Africa, FilmBox Art House, FightBox HD, Fast&FunBox HD, DocuBox HD, (…)

At the Berlinale 2017, the International Jury will vote on which of the eighteen films in this year’s Competition will receive the Golden and Silver Bears awards. Director and screenwriter (…)

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) will be partnering with the 2017 NAB Show to produce the Future of Cinema Conference: The Intersection of Technology, Art, & Commerce in Cinema. (…)

Turkey’s Kanal D has agreed to a volume deal with Chile’s Mega, licensing three of its series, Wounded Love, Time Goes By, and Fatmagül, to the Chilean network. The popular Fatmagül will be aired as reruns, (…)

A+E Networks has hired Youngsun Soh as general manager of A+E Networks Korea. In her position based in Seoul, Korea, Soh will be responsible for developing business strategies, as well (…)

New series from Sonar Entertainment, Mr. Mercedes, has revealed its full cast. Scheduled to premiere later this year on AT&T’s AUDIENCE Network via DIRECTV, AT&T U-verse, and DIRECTV NOW, Mr. Mercedes follows a (…)

Munich-based Tele München Group (TMG) has made an active investment in the U.S.-based rights brokerage and production house Storied Media Group (SMG). The two companies plan to conjointly develop multiple international (…)