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Running November 7 and 8, TV Latina’s Festival FAST is a free event focusing on the growing FAST and AVOD sectors in Latin America, the U.S. Hispanic market and Iberia, offering keynotes and panels with leading FAST channel operators, AVOD acquisition executives and distributors. Register for free here.

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the song, BBC Two and BBC Music are set to debut the hour-long WHAM!: Last Christmas Unwrapped in December.

Steven Frayne, the magician formerly known as Dynamo, is set to return in an upcoming Sky original Christmas special.

STARZ and YouTube have extended their partnership through a new multiyear deal that includes additional bundling opportunities.

The combined content spend of the top six media companies will reach $126 billion this year.

Driven by its U.S. base, Samsung TV Plus has hit a new reach milestone of 88 million monthly active users and an increase of 50 percent plus in global viewing year on year.

Johanna Helman has been promoted to managing director of Fremantle Mexico and head of production for Latin America following the departure of Coty Cagliolo.

NBA All-Star Anthony Davis’s Jakm3n Productions has put its executive team in place, bringing on Arik Burks as COO and Keith Chamberlain as chief administrative officer.

A coalition of five production companies—Elite Filmproduktion, Praesens-Film Production, Contrast Series, Bavaria Fiction Switzerland and Kinescope Film—has founded Swiss Studios in Zurich.

The American French Film Festival (TAFFF), supported by Sacem, is set to return from October 29 to November 3, with music taking center stage this year.