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Tony Vinciquerra is stepping down from his role as CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), with Ravi Ahuja, SPE’s current chairman of global television studios and president and COO, taking over as president and CEO, effective January 2, 2025.

James Farrell, head of international originals at Amazon MGM Studios, and Akihiko Okamoto, president and representative director at Yoshimoto Kogyo, are on board to deliver a joint keynote at MIPCOM CANNES.

ITV Studios has appointed Katie Buchanan as executive VP for the Americas for global partnerships, joining from A+E Networks.

Cathy Rasenberger (Rasenberger Media), Ryan James and James Patrick (OTT Studio) and Geoff Clark (acTVe) have launched Free Live Sports, a streaming platform offering 100-plus live sports channels and thousands of on-demand sports movies, docs, series and highlights.

Ben Pays is joining Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) Belgium as managing director.

Amuz Distribution has unveiled the catalog of titles it is bringing to MIPCOM, totaling over 1,300 hours of programming across dramedy, comedy, animation, documentary and more, including hundreds of hours from the newly acquired Just For Laughs Group.

Australian SVOD spending on sports is uncharacteristically high, according to new data from Ampere Analysis, with a variety of local streaming services owning exclusive sports rights and several international streamers investing in the genre.

DirecTV has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire EchoStar's video distribution business Dish, including Dish TV and Sling TV.

Nippon TV has named Satoru Hiramatsu to the position of managing director of global content business, coming over from its linear and streaming programming division.

Richard Life, senior VP of acquisitions and co-productions at Cineflix Rights, and Tom Misselbrook, senior VP of scripted sales and development, talk to World Screen Newsflash about what's working best in factual and drama.