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ESPN is touting that it is the first sports broadcaster to air a live sporting event in 4K in Latin America with its transmission of the Liverpool FC-AS Roma match, the first leg of the home-and-away UEFA Champions League semifinal.

Keshet International is partnering with HOT and United Studios of Israel on the new drama Autonomies, which it will distribute globally and launch at Series Mania.

Forest Whitaker is on board to star in and executive produce Godfather of Harlem, a new drama that was ordered straight to series by EPIX.

Hopster has completed a new growth capital round led by Sony Pictures Television Networks (SPTN), which is already a strategic equity investor in the edutainment app for preschoolers.

Turner's Cartoon Network, along with Singapore-based partners, is presenting Cartoon Network Animate Your Life to offer insight into the creativity and mechanics behind top kids’ shows.

CBS Studios International has inked two separate licensing agreements in Germany, with ProSiebenSat.1 Group and Turner Broadcasting System, for Instinct.

Weidong Yang, president of China’s Youku and Alibaba Digital Media & Entertainment Group, talked about how original series are driving the Chinese online video platform’s paid subscriber base in his MIPTV Media Mastermind keynote, which was followed by a Q&A with World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

Having a good balance of local and international content has been key to Hulu Japan’s success, Kazufumi Nagasawa, chief content officer, said at APOS, noting that the platform has licensed a diverse array of imported dramas, many of which would have been unlikely to find a Japanese home on any other service.

A new online streaming service focused on documentaries and current affairs, iwonder, is slated to begin its global rollout this May.

Deal volume in the U.S. media and telco sector reached a new high in Q1 2018 as companies clamor for premium content or technological capabilities, PwC said in a new report.