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Global Agency has secured deals for the dramedy Love for Rent across MENA, Asia, and Central and Eastern Europe.

Canadian producers Marc Stephenson and Leah Mallen have launched All In Pictures, which will develop and make original digital, film and TV content for kids, tweens and adults.

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has named Chris Ellis VP of commercial and business development for Australia and New Zealand.

Entertainment One (eOne) has agreed to acquire the remaining 49 percent of The Mark Gordon Company for $209 million, with Mark Gordon himself taking on a new role and John Morayniss stepping down.

China's Tencent has made a strategic investment in Skydance Media, which is behind the Netflix hit Grace and Frankie and the upcoming Altered Carbon.

FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has expanded its scripted division with the appointment of Reid Shane as executive VP of production, Jennifer Sherwood as senior VP of scripted development and Oliver Jones as director of scripted development.

According to PwC, 2017 was another "massive" year for merger and acquisition activity in the U.S. media and telco landscape, with deal volume up 29 percent.

A+E Networks’ Eduardo Ruiz, NBCUniversal’s Klaudia Bermudez-Key and HBO’s Francisco Smith weighed in on the challenges and opportunities in Latin America’s pay-TV sector during a NATPE panel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

Cesar Conde, chairman of NBCUniversal International Group and NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, took part in a NATPE keynote conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

Vaudeville Productions has inked a worldwide SVOD distribution deal with Netflix for three specials led by psychological illusionist Derren Brown.