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WarnerMedia’s streaming service HBO GO has expanded its Asian reach, landing new agreements with Taiwanese MSO Taiwan Optical Platform (TOP) and Cignal TV in the Philippines.

Transactional film and TV sales in the U.K. rose by more than 87 percent to £113 million in the first half of the year, according to new data released by the British Association for Screen Entertainment (BASE).

Uday Shankar, the president of The Walt Disney Company APAC and chairman of Star and Disney India, discussed the early success of Disney+ Hotstar and weighed in on the impact of COVID-19 on the media business in his session at the APOS 2020 Virtual Series.

Speaking at the APOS 2020 Virtual Series, Nine Entertainment CEO Hugh Marks discussed the gains the company has seen in its BVOD and SVOD businesses and weighed in on how COVID-19 has significantly impacted the sports rights market.

Armoza Formats, part of ITV Studios, has licensed the scripted comedy series La Famiglia to CTC in Russia and Antenna 1 in Greece for two new local adaptations.

Red Arrow Studios International has secured a raft of new volume deals and renewals for its portfolio of TV-movie titles with European broadcasters.

ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has inked a number of new sales and option deals for its entertainment formats, including Just Tattoo of Us, Lip Sync Battle, Finding Prince Charming, Ghosted: Love Gone Missing and Guy Code.

ITV Studios has expanded its production partnership with Boomerang TV in Spain, giving the producer exclusive production rights to all the non-scripted ITV Studios formats uncommitted in the territory.

Banijay has tapped Pilar Blasco to lead all operations for Banijay Iberia, while Paolo Bassetti remains in the CEO post for Banijay Italy.

Amazon Studios has greenlit the new series Paper Girls, from Legendary Television in association with Plan B, based on the best-selling graphic novel series by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang.