Kristin Brzoznowski

LONDON: ColorCreative.TV is teaming up with Sky Vision and Talos Films in a search to find the next big series for the young adult market.

LOS ANGELES: Michael Lynton is exiting his role as the CEO of Sony Entertainment and will focus on his position as chairman of the board at Snapchat owner Snap Inc.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic has unveiled the feature documentary banner National Geographic Documentary Films, in addition to announcing a handful of new series coming to its flagship channel.

PARIS/BERLIN/MELBOURNE: France’s Cow Prod, Germany’s INVR.SPACE and Australia’s 3D Content Hub have come together to form the Virtual Content Group (VCG), which has a combined rights library of nearly 80 VR titles.

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, D.C.: Nat Geo WILD and Mashable are partnering up to co-produce and co-distribute two original series for the brands’ digital and social platforms.

MONTREAL: Cineflix Media and Canadian producer André Barro are working together to offer co-production financing and deals for indies.

LONDON/TEL AVIV: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has purchased a minority stake in Ananey Communications Group, a pay-TV channel provider and content producer in Israel.

NEW YORK: David Lynn has been named president and CEO of Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN).

NEW YORK: Discovery Communications has appointed Alex Kaplan as executive VP of commercial for Eurosport Digital.

LONDON: Netflix's annual content spend, which in 2016 amounted to $4.7 billion, is now comparable to a premium channel group or platform, Ampere Analysis reports.