BURBANK: John Louie has been appointed as senior VP of international at Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP), joining the company from Mattel.

NEW YORK: Brad Gardner has been elevated to the expanded role of senior VP of development and original programming for Paramount Network and TV Land.

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has teamed up with leading players from the world of boxing to launch the first-of-its-kind annual tournament World Boxing Super Series.

The founder and CEO talks about how he is looking to make the company the home of the next big global entertainment hit.

PARIS: MIPTV will award the 2017 Médailles d’Honneur to ZDF Enterprises' Alexander Coridass, CTC Media's Viacheslav Murugov, Amazon Studios' Roy Price and Huace Group's Zhao Yifang.

The writer and producer speaks about his work on the hit drama series Doctor Who and Sherlock.

BURBANK: Disney XD has ordered a sophomore season of Big Hero 6 The Series ahead of the film-based animated show's season one debut this fall.

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/KUALA LUMPUR: Netflix alum Sean Carey has joined iflix Group in the role of chief content officer as the SVOD service for emerging markets rolls out in its tenth country.

The president and CEO says the future growth of the company depends on accessing and owning compelling IP and finding the best ways of getting it in front of passionate fans.

PARIS/LOS ANGELES: Gaumont has optioned the worldwide rights for best-selling author Neal Shusterman’s book trilogy The Star Shards Chronicles, which it is developing and producing as an animated series.