SYDNEY: A range of ABC Kids’ content is due to launch on the preschool service PlayKids in Australia and New Zealand.

LONDON: The animated children’s show Octonauts has been picked up by the Spanish national broadcaster RTVE for the kids’ network Clan.

LONDON: Former ITV series producer Matthew Cox has joined Naked Entertainment as its new executive producer.

MUNICH: As part of its internal restructuring, TM International is altering the allocation of sales and program acquisitions responsibilities, with Giannina Antola leading worldwide sales.

SILVER SPRING: Second-quarter revenues at Discovery Communications were up 3 percent year-on-year to $1.7 billion, with growth at the U.S. networks helping to offset declines within its international networks.

LONDON: Netflix has come on board as a co-producer for ITV and RED Production Company’s conspiracy thriller Paranoid.

NEW YORK: Net income at 21st Century Fox rose to $567 million in the fourth quarter, with higher broadcast and cable advertising revenues contributing to the gains.

DUBAI: The Middle East and North Africa's internet streaming service icflix has entered into a partnership with Asiacell, a provider of mobile telecommunications services in Iraq.

SANTA MONICA: Lionsgate posted revenue of $553.6 million for the quarter ended June 30, up 35 percent from the prior-year quarter, thanks to gains in TV production revenue as well as across the motion picture business.

NEW YORK: Vince Commisso, co-founding partner, president and CEO of 9 Story Media Group, talks to World Screen Newsflash’s Anna Carugati about the acquisition of Brown Bag Films, the significance of entering the Chinese market and the areas of the company's business that he is looking to strengthen.