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At MIPCOM today, Rakuten TV announced the launch of a new Enterprise Services division, allowing content owners and distributors to launch their own FAST channels and video apps.

As MIPCOM celebrates Spain as its Country of Honour this year, ICEX Spain Trade & Investment and Parrot Analytics have revealed that content from the country generated $5.1 billion in global streaming revenues over the last four years.

BBC Studios has secured its first international license for the game-show format In With a Shout to W9 in France.

All3Media International has inked agreements in key territories for Critical Incident, including in the U.S. with Hulu.

Nippon TV has licensed the scripted format rights for its award-winning drama Mother to Greece’s Alpha TV, marking the 11th global adaptation.

Presented by Broadcast Program Export Association of Japan (BEAJ)’s Makito Sugiyama and The WIT’s Virginia Mouseler, with commentary from Empire of Arkadia’s Fotini Paraskakis and Small World’s Tim Crescenti, the Treasure Box Japan showcase at MIPCOM featured new formats available for international broadcasters and platforms to adapt.

Cineflix Rights has inked a slew of new sales for Irvine Welsh’s Crime, starring Dougray Scott.

Mattel has partnered with Aardman to develop a new stop-motion and 3D animated series featuring the penguin Pingu.

Skybound Animation has tapped former Disney executive director Alex Teslik as its new VP of production technology and post.

Samsung TV Plus has expanded its offering in Spain with a suite of new Spanish channels, including RTVE Época, RTVE Crimen, RTVE Somos Cine, CNNE and more.