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Of all the new shows that bowed across the world in January, Telecinco’s La Isla de las Tentaciones, the Spanish adaptation of Temptation Island, generated the most buzz on Instagram, according to The WIT.

Skydance Media has secured a $275 million strategic investment by RedBird Capital Partners and CJ Entertainment and Merchandising (CJ ENM), the studio behind the Academy Award-winning Parasite.

Mike Hopkins is departing Sony Pictures later this month to take on a new role overseeing Amazon’s video entertainment businesses, including Prime Video and Amazon Studios, reporting directly to Amazon Chairman and CEO Jeff Bezos.

Vidaa International has signed a multiyear global agreement to bring the Pluto TV service onto Hisense’s new Vidaa platform across the U.S., Europe and Latin America.

The Academy Award-nominated production company Aquarius Films has hired Rachel Okine to be its new managing director.

Lionsgate delivered improved revenues of $998.5 million in Q3, driven by its media networks and motion picture segments, but swung to a loss of $97.8 million in the period.

Viasat Inc. and fuboTV have entered into a video streaming distribution and technology partnership to bring live TV streaming to airlines.

Streaming viewing was up 58 percent worldwide in Q4 2019 as compared with the year-ago period, according to Conviva, which says 2020 is “the year of streaming media.”

Warner Bros. Pictures Group and HBO Max have unveiled Warner Max, a film label that will serve as the feature production arm of the new streaming service.

Pierluigi Gazzolo, the recipient of the inaugural Premio Ícono TV Latina award in association with NATPE, weighed in on what’s driving the success of Viacom International Studios and the shifting dynamics in the LatAm media business in his keynote at NATPE Miami in conversation with World Screen’s Anna Carugati.