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As the streaming wars shift into high gear, Anna Carugati checks in with a range of leading production and distribution groups about the arms race for the best IP.

A+E Networks has appointed Dr. Kerstin Gühne as VP of global content sales in the EMEA region.

Netflix has ordered Unstable, a new scripted comedy series starring Rob Lowe and his son, John Owen Lowe.

DeAPlaneta Entertainment has been appointed global licensing agent for the two new feature films The Three Musketeers—D’Artagnan and The Three Musketeers—Milady.

Penélope Cruz and The Mediapro Studio have partnered to launch a new production company, Moonlyon.

More than 5,000 attendees were on site for the first in-person MIPTV since 2019, with MIPCOM expected to be “back in full force” in October and a streamlined market slated to return for April 2023.

Brian Henderson has been named executive VP of programming at Peacock, with Shannon Willett joining the streamer as CMO.

Paramount+ has acquired the rights to the crime thriller Finestkind, written and directed by Academy Award winner Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River).

Johannes Larcher, the head of HBO Max International, outlined the streamer’s expansion and content strategies at MIPTV today before sitting down for a keynote conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

FilmRise has picked up the rights to Broadway Video’s The Kids in the Hall.