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ESPN has reached a five-year deal with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) for exclusive multimedia rights to matches for its Caribbean footprint.

Entertainment One (eOne) is bringing the Stan original series The Other Guy to Hulu in the U.S. and Super Channel in Canada.

Comcast Corporation has confirmed that it is "considering, and is in advanced stages of preparing," a bid to acquire the assets that 21st Century Fox has agreed to sell to The Walt Disney Corporation.

The Rookie, a new drama starring Nathan Fillion from Entertainment One, led the social media buzz for ABC's new fall and midseason shows presented at its Upfront last week, according to analysis from The WIT.

The new shows on offer from CBS Studios International (CBSSI) are all solid and reassuringly broad in appeal, buyers indicated at the studio's screening sessions, something they've come to bank on from the supplier of top global performers like NCIS, Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five-0 and Bull.

Among FOX's 2018-19 new pickups, the adaptation of Justin Cronin's The Passage generated the most buzz on social media, according to analysis from The WIT.

Amazon Studios has hired Vernon Sanders in the newly created position of co-head of television, working alongside Albert Cheng.

A quintet of strong dramas virtually all struck chords with a packed house of overseas program buyers at Warner Bros.'s first full day of screenings on its back lot Monday; as one major European buyer put it: "Nothing too dark, nothing too loud, but characters with a lot of heart and great visuals." 

Barack Obama and Michelle Obama have entered into a multiyear agreement to produce films and series with Netflix.

Tracking YouTube trailer views, Facebook likes and Twitter activity, The WIT will be analyzing social media responses to the new U.S. network shows all week, beginning with NBC, where Manifest generated the most buzz.