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MIP CANCUN has lined up a keynote for its upcoming market in November from Anouk Aarón, head of content production for general entertainment for Latin America and U.S. Hispanic at Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD).

Gepke Nederlof, managing director of Be-Entertainment, discusses bringing formats from Belgium out to the global market and what the company has on offer.

BBC Studios has elevated Chris Kinsman and Rebecca Ransley to the newly created roles of senior VP for factual and senior VP for scripted, respectively, within the content sales markets for EMEA.

TV Latina’s Festival FAST, to be held November 7 to 8, will include a panel on opportunities for distributors in the FAST space, featuring CDC United Network’s Jimmy van der Heyden and SOMOS Distribution’s Francisco Villanueva. Registration for this free event is available here.

The October/MIPCOM digital editions of World Screen—including a special report on FAST and interviews with RTL Group’s Thomas Rabe, Lionsgate’s Jon Feltheimer, Warner Bros. Discovery’s Gerhard Zeiler and Gordon Ramsay, among others—TV Kids, TV Drama, TV Real, TV Formats, TV Latina and TV Listings are now available.

Nicely Entertainment is set to bring a slew of brand-new releases to MIPCOM, including the Denise Richards-led holiday romance A Christmas Frequency.

SPI International, a CANAL+ company, has struck up a carriage deal with United Group in southeast Europe for a portfolio of FilmBox channels and on-demand selection.

Jorge Balleste, VP of content association at TelevisaUnivision, has been added to the speaker roster for TV Latina’s Festival FAST, taking place November 7 and 8. You can register here for free.

Connect3 Media, part of the Cineflix Media group of companies, has appointed Jason Simms to the newly created role of managing director.

Sean Cohan is to assume leadership of Bell Media and join the BCE leadership team on November 1, following the retirement of Wade Oosterman.