Joanna Padovano Tong

LOS ANGELES: ESPN and Golden Boy Promotions have signed a multiyear, international agreement for a series of fights to broadcast live on ESPN2 and ESPN Deportes.

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has launched BBC HD, a new global entertainment channel produced exclusively for cruise ships and the wider maritime market.

PARIS/LOS ANGELES: Vanessa Shapiro, a former MarVista Entertainment exec, has been hired by Gaumont Television as president of worldwide distribution, based in Los Angeles.

TEL AVIV: Keshet International Gaming (KIG) has unveiled plans for Racket: Nx, a new virtual-reality arcade game created by Waves and developed by OneHamsa that is slated for global release next year.

SYDNEY: The Seven Network is launching expanded coverage of The Australian Open Series, with more than 600 live and free matches and 2,000 hours of total video content.

LOS ANGELES: The Branded Entertainment Network (BEN) has sold Splash News to SilverHub Media UK in an agreement that is anticipated to close on December 16.

LONDON: Turner and Virgin Media have expanded their program offering by signing a new long-term agreement in the U.K. and Ireland, with Virgin Media customers gaining access to more on-demand content.

LONDON: Sky Vision’s Amity Easter Utley and Zodiak Rights’ Jo Halstead have been appointed to the sales team of independent distributor DRG, part of MTG’s nice entertainment group.

MADRID: The Olympic Channel has inked deals with a half-dozen International Sports Federations (IFs) to partner on content for the network.

CANNES: This year’s MIPJunior and MIPCOM saw a record number of attendees, more World Premiere TV and International Screenings than ever, Japan as Country of Honour, Shonda Rhimes as Personality of the Year, and a keynote from Sony’s Kazuo Hirai, among many other highlights.