NATPE added Sarah Aubrey, Head of Original Content at HBO Max; Sean Cohan, Chief Growth Officer and President, International at Nielsen; Dan Cohen, President of Global Distribution Group at ViacomCBS; and Laura Kennedy, CEO of Avalon, to its Board.
ViacomCBS Networks International and Rakuten Group announced the signing of a broad long-term agreement, which includes the launch of Nick+, Nickelodeon’s kids’ streaming service, on Rakuten’s video-on-demand platform, Rakuten TV, in Japan.
During the third day of Digital MIPTV, Marc Anthony was interviewed by JC Acosta, President ViacomCBS International Studios & Networks Americas, in a panel titled “Behind the curtain: a conversation with Marc Anthony”.
ViacomCBS’s AVOD service will receive $786.7 million in net US ad-revenues in 2021, a 77.7% increase over the previous year. In 2022, its net US ad revenues will surpass $1 billion annually for the first time, according to eMarketer.