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The overarching preoccupation of executives at this week’s NATPE confab in Miami was scale—what it is that companies have to do to stay relevant and revenue-rich in an age of unprecedented disruption, unpredictable regulatory reverses and rivalries that were unimaginable just a few short years ago.

The streaming service MUBI has received investments from filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, as well as India's Times Bridge.

Platinum Eagle Acquisition Corp., which is the latest acquisition vehicle led by Jeff Sagansky and partner Harry E. Sloan, has launched with a $325 million initial public offering.

There are three new shows coming to the Facebook Watch platform, including a docuseries with Bear Grylls.

World Screen has entered into a partnership with Translations.com that will provide subtitles for a vast array of video interviews with global stars, creators, producers and high-level executives from across the international media industry.

Gaumont has inked a deal with Vivendi Content to distribute 12 original feature-length movies from its STUDIO+ original premium short series across the U.S., Latin America, Canada and Asia.

Kew Media Group has appointed Jennifer Askin as VP of sales and distribution for the U.S. and Latin America.

Blue Ant Media has made a number of new appointments, including naming Fox Networks Group alum Julio Sobral as general manager of Kids & Global Networks for Latin America and U.S. Hispanic.

Hulu has revealed more originals coming to the service, including Catch-22 with George Clooney, alongside content deals that bring programming such as ER.

MarVista Entertainment heads to Miami with a dozen new movie titles, including the Nickelodeon holiday feature Tiny Christmas, the Lifetime thriller The Killer Trainer and the Hallmark Channel romance Maggie’s Christmas Miracle.