Kristin Brzoznowski

LONDON: IMG is continuing its expansion in the scripted TV space with the appointment of Laura Andrews as VP of scripted programming for IMG Media.

PARIS: MIPTV will award the 2017 Médailles d’Honneur to ZDF Enterprises' Alexander Coridass, CTC Media's Viacheslav Murugov, Amazon Studios' Roy Price and Huace Group's Zhao Yifang.

GREENWICH: The $1 billion deal between Dalian Wanda Group and Dick Clark Productions owner Eldridge Industries has fallen through.

LOS ANGELES: Mikael Hed, a former CEO of Rovio Entertainment, has formed a new start-up, Kaiken Entertainment, which purchased Rovio's TV animation studio in Vancouver.

LONDON/BERLIN: FremantleMedia has invested more capital in the multiplatform network (MPN) Divimove.

NEW YORK: Liberty Global is among the new investors that contributed to iflix's latest funding round, with $90 million secured to accelerate the SVOD service's expansion into the Middle East, Africa and new markets in Asia.

PARIS: Damon Lindelof, co-creator and showrunner of the hit series Lost and The Leftovers, has been chosen as jury president for this year’s Series Mania international competition.

PARIS: Roy Price, the VP of Amazon Studios, and Jørgen Madsen Lindemann, the president and CEO of MTG, have been added to the MIPTV roster of Media Mastermind Keynotes.

This year's event will take place from March 13 to 16, and about 800 exhibitors are expected to attend.

SEATTLE: Amazon has revealed the lineup for its spring 2017 pilot season, which includes The Legend of Master Legend, from Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue (Transparent).