SÃO PAULO: The ABTA Expo & Conference 2016 wrapped with a well-attended session about how pay-TV platforms can maintain their subscriber bases in trying economic times by focusing on the value of digital services to consumers.

LONDON: STUDIOCANAL has inked a package deal with Telefónica in Spain for the drama series Section Zéro, The Five and Spotless.

NEW YORK: Writer William Broyles, Jr. sat down with World Screen Newsflash's Anna Carugati to discuss the genesis of SIX and the rigorous preparation the actors and the team behind the drama went through to ensure an authentic emotional portrayal.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has clinched a deal to remain the exclusive U.S. subscription TV service for previous seasons of scripted series broadcast on The CW.

LONDON: BBC Director-General Tony Hall has unveiled a restructured senior management team, which sees Anne Bulford become deputy director-general.

LONDON: ITV has commissioned a new six-part thriller, Loch Ness, from ITV Studios.

NEW YORK: Top Gear's Chris Harris is bringing his hit YouTube series to BBC America, with the motoring show Chris Harris on Cars to debut July 11.

Bilingual Spanish-language broadband homes in the U.S. are more likely to have pay-TV and OTT video service subscriptions than the average U.S. broadband household, with nearly 80 percent subscribing to one or more OTT platforms, according to a new Parks Associates report.

BURBANK: Later this month, Disney Junior is due to debut the fourth season of the hit animated series Doc McStuffins, which is being featured in a museum exhibit in the U.S.

LOS ANGELES: Actor Tom Selleck has inked a deal to continue his role as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan on the seventh season of CBS’s Blue Bloods.