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Serving customers, producing more sustainably and offering a mix of global-appeal and local shows were among the topics discussed during three keynotes at Series Mania on Thursday.

SERIESMAKERS, led by Series Mania Forum and supported by Beta Group, has unveiled the three winners of its first edition and put out a call for submissions for its second edition.

Fremantle has acquired a majority stake in the Belgian company A Team Productions (ATP), behind the short films Land of the Heroes and Baghdad Messi.

Screen Australia is putting forward A$1 million ($670,000) in funding to be shared among the state screen agencies to support their training and skills development programs for the screen industry.

Howard Swartz has been named executive VP of development at the Banijay Americas-owned studio Stephen David Entertainment.

Some 3,600 participants from more than 60 countries have gathered in Lille for Series Mania.

The nominations for the BAFTA Television Awards have been revealed, with This is Going to Hurt and The Responder leading the pack with six nominations each.

Bedrock has extended the ad-free streaming service 6play max to Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV and LG connected TVs.

Screen Australia is dispersing A$700,000 ($468,000) to 20 projects for story development funding.

The sports-first live TV streaming platform FuboTV is rebranding its consumer-facing products as Fubo.