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Netflix added 8.5 million net subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2020, bringing its total membership base to 203.65 million.

South Korean internet giant Naver, which owns the global digital comics platform WEBTOON, is acquiring Wattpad in a cash and stock deal valued at more than $600 million.

WarnerMedia has appointed Luis Duran, who most recently served as chief commercial officer for the digital unit of MBC Group, as general manager for HBO Max Latin America, set to join the company in February.

Cyber Group Studios’ Pierre Sissmann will be joined by France Télévisions’ Christine Reinaudo and character designer Yann de Preval to talk about the new property 50/50 Heroes as part of the TV Kids Festival.

Angela Colla, Globo’s international sales head, talks to World Screen Newsflash about the collection of telenovelas that air around the world.

The new six-part thriller The Reluctant Madame Blanc (wt), created by and starring Sally Lindsay, has been commissioned for Channel 5 and AMC Networks’ Acorn TV.

Mioshi Hill, formerly VP of nonfiction programming at Lifetime, has been named president of Sirens Media.