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Duck Soup’s drama Lost Boys & Fairies has been picked up around the globe, including by BritBox in the U.S. and Canada.

Tony Vinciquerra is stepping down from his role as CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), with Ravi Ahuja, SPE’s current chairman of global television studios and president and COO, taking over as president and CEO, effective January 2, 2025.

Lucrecia Magnanini has been appointed manager of sales and acquisitions for international movie projects for the Studio 100 International subsidiary Studio 100 Film.

Guru Studio's comedy adventure series Big Blue has debuted in the U.S. on The Roku Channel's kids' and family hub.

Katie Wilson, VP of global sales and acquisitions for WildBrain, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company’s MIPCOM slate, including the three brand-new shows Badjelly, Secrets at Red Rocks and Storybooth.

James Farrell, head of international originals at Amazon MGM Studios, and Akihiko Okamoto, president and representative director at Yoshimoto Kogyo, are on board to deliver a joint keynote at MIPCOM CANNES.

ITV Studios has appointed Katie Buchanan as executive VP for the Americas for global partnerships, joining from A+E Networks.

Cathy Rasenberger (Rasenberger Media), Ryan James and James Patrick (OTT Studio) and Geoff Clark (acTVe) have launched Free Live Sports, a streaming platform offering 100-plus live sports channels and thousands of on-demand sports movies, docs, series and highlights.

The brand-new animated preschool series Mojo Swoptops is set to debut on CBeebies and BBC iPlayer on October 7.

All3Media International is catering to the surging demand for true-crime fare with a selection of titles, highlighted in the TV Real Screenings Festival, among them the volume offering FBI True from Bright North Studios.