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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking comment on proposed changes to television rules in the U.S. requiring free-to-air broadcasters to air some educational/informational content for children.

ESPN and Disney XD have reached a deal with Blizzard Entertainment to deliver live coverage in the U.S. of the Overwatch League, a professional eSports league that has teams across Asia, Europe and North America.

ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE) has come on board to internationally distribute Bryncoed Productions’ tween drama The Athena, which has already been presold into the U.K.

Netflix's net spend to acquire new customers in the U.S. is about $100 per subscriber, Ampere Analysis says, up from around $60 a few years ago.

The BBC faces significant challenges from competitors and ongoing financial pressures, the pubcaster said in its 2017-18 annual report, while also touting the performance of BBC Studios, which delivered a profit in its first year as a commercial subsidiary.

Rick Mischel, former producer at Sony Pictures Animation (SPA), has been named CEO of Bardel Entertainment, an animation services provider in North America that Rainbow acquired in 2015.

Netflix has secured an overall deal with Alex Pina, the creator of the hit Spanish series La Casa de Papel (Money Heist), and has announced new original dramas out of Argentina and Brazil.

Gaumont has appointed Alex Soto, a former Spin Master Entertainment exec, as creative director for the company's animation and family group.

The Mexican crime drama Falco, adapted from Red Arrow Studios International’s hit scripted format The Last Cop, has been acquired by TNT Latin America.

Diane Lane is the latest addition to Y, an FX drama pilot based on DC Comics' Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra.