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TelevisaUnivision has secured the Mexican free-to-air and pay-TV broadcast rights for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games from the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

ProSiebenSat.1 CEO Bert Habets is taking on the additional role of CEO of Seven.One Entertainment Group, with the senior management team of managing directors rounded out by Henrik Pabst, chief content officer, and CFO Stefan Endriß.

MIPCOM wrapped in Cannes today with some 11,072 participants, Lucy Smith told reporters at a closing press conference, where she also unveiled details about MIPTV, which will run April 8 to 10, 2024, with MIPDoc and MIPFormats returning to the weekend before.

Releasing its Q3 financials, with revenues up 8 percent to $8.5 billion, Netflix indicated it is looking to increase its slate of licensed fare following the breakout success of Suits on the platform.

Nielsen is launching Nielsen ONE, its cross-media measurement solution, in markets around the world.

MBC Group and TOKYOPOP have partnered for an initiative dedicated to the licensing, promotion and production of anime content, investing in two original anime productions.

Altitude Television has revealed new productions, including The Apollo Murders.

Bob Bakish, president and CEO of Paramount, shared his thoughts on the evolution of the content-distribution business and its continued importance to the company in his Media Mastermind keynote at MIPCOM, where he was honored with the Personality of the Year award.

Laura Fernández Espeso, CEO of The Mediapro Studio, showcased the company’s expanding slate of content investments in a Media Mastermind keynote at MIPCOM.

In a fireside chat moderated by World Screen’s Mansha Daswani at MIPCOM, BBC Studios’ Rebecca Glashow and Ralph Lee showcased how the company is positioned to manage the disruption in the content business today.