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Rakuten Viki has promoted Makoto Yasuda to the role of chief operating officer, transitioning from his post as senior VP of revenue.

GRB Studios has appointed former Discovery Studios executive Pamela Welch to the role of senior VP of development.

NATPE is planning a brand-new event to take place in Los Angeles this summer, Streaming Plus, which will feature executives from Netflix, Hulu, CBS All Access, YouTube and more.

Akul Tripathi, COO of DocuBay, recently sat down with World Screen Newsflash to discuss the new service, which will first be available via the iTunes App Store and Google Play.

National Geographic, through a deal with DRG, has acquired the natural-history series Predator Land.

Adventure Bay, the family-friendly themed world based on the hit kids’ series PAW Patrol, has opened its doors at Movie Park Germany’s Nickland.

CBS Studios International (CBSSI) and the Russian pay-TV and SVOD platform Amedia TV have struck up a new exclusive, multiyear, multi-series content licensing agreement, covering shows such as The Twilight Zone.

My Gay Dog and Other Animals (working title) from Arrow Pictures, the company behind Dogs: Their Secret Lives, has been ordered by Channel 4.

Uplift, empowerment and support for underdogs were themes that enthused a disparate mix of foreign program buyers at an L.A. Screenings session on the NBCUniversal lot Tuesday.

Author, journalist and producer Jeff Benedict, whose recently published biography Tiger Woods is a number one New York Times bestseller, has aligned in a joint venture with Brent Montgomery’s Wheelhouse Entertainment to produce for film and TV across an array of genres.