Kristin Brzoznowski

By 2019, more than 50 percent of TV households in Japan, the U.S., the U.K., France and Germany will have smart TVs, according to IHS. The IHS TV Sets Intelligence Service report finds that smart TV household penetration in Japan has already reached 50 percent and will rise to 63 percent in 2019, followed by the U.S. at 57 percent.

BEVERLY HILLS: Brahman Naman, a comedy from Indian indie director Q, will be available exclusively for Netflix members around the world later this year.

SANTA MONICA/VANCOUVER: Writer-producers Karyn Usher and Lisa Zwerling have entered into an overall television deal with Lionsgate, with original scripted programming coming through their new company, Carpool Entertainment.

LOS ANGELES: The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, which were presented on Saturday, recognized the cast of Downton Abbey for best ensemble in a drama series, while Kevin Spacey and Viola Davis received individual performance nods in the TV drama category.

PARIS: The first three keynote speakers have been confirmed for MIPTV 2016: the best-selling author Harlan Coben, Vivendi's Dominique Delport and Mattel’s Richard Dickson.

TOKYO: For the third quarter of 2015, Sony Corporation posted net income of 120.1 billion yen ($1 billion), a 33.5 percent gain.

NEW YORK: World Screen has revamped its entire online presence, relaunching WorldScreen.com, WorldScreenings.com and its 11 region- and genre-focused websites with a host of new features, including better navigational tools, social media integration and a fully responsive mobile layout.

LOS ANGELES: Chris Culvenor and Paul Franklin, both of whom were most recently part of the Endemol Shine team, have set up Eureka Productions, which has secured an exclusive partnership with FremantleMedia.

PALISADES PARK: Alfred Haber Distribution, Inc. (AHDI) has closed a raft of deals for this year's Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards, which is set to air live in the U.S. on January 30 on TNT and TBS.

LONDON: Season one of the U.S. version of Lip Sync Battle has sold into a host of countries, including Norway, Portugal and Israel.