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Mansha Daswani, World Screen's editor-in-chief, weighs in on the industry shifts that will be top of mind for executives attending MIPTV next week.

SPI International has launched the channels FilmBox Action, FilmBox Family and FilmBox Middle East in the MEA region in partnership with Digital Virgo.

Bert Habets, group CEO of ProSiebenSat.1 Media, tells World Screen Newsflash about restructuring to weather short- and long-term shifts in the media economy, rationalizing international content spend and betting big on local entertainment that will resonate with audiences and advertisers alike.

Rochella Ann Salvador, officer-in-charge and senior sales manager of GMA Network’s Worldwide Division, highlights a slate of titles with global reach and a Filipino heart.

Leading Bavaria Media International’s MIPTV slate, Port Poison follows a 25-year-old engineering student who puts his morals aside to sell drugs to raise money for his alcoholic mother’s treatment.

ORF-Enterprise’s Kafka is lined up to premiere concurrently with the 100th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s passing.

TV Latina’s inaugural Turkish TV Festival, taking place May 7 to 9, has revealed the complete list of executives taking part in the Spanish- and English-language online event, including Özge Özpirinçci, star of I Am Mother, and Melih Özkaya, star of Alaca. You can register for this free event here.

KC Global Media’s Japanese anime channel Animax has become available on Samsung TV Plus in India, marking the third platform in the country to offer the service.

Viaplay Group and Talpa Network have agreed to a linear TV partnership in the Netherlands.

Steven A. Miron and Steven O. Newhouse have resigned from Warner Bros. Discovery’s board of directors, effective immediately, amid an antitrust probe from the Department of Justice.