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IDW Entertainment, which counts among its slate Wynonna Earp and Locke and Key, is launching a new content development, production, distribution and engagement initiative aimed at connecting with the “geek culture” audience.

Sony Pictures Television Networks is acquiring a majority stake in Japanese anime distributor Funimation Productions, with the deal subject to certain closing conditions and valuing the company at approximately $150 million.

Sony Corporation posted a spike in first-quarter operating income, which reached 157.6 billion yen ($1.43 billion), up 180.5 percent.

CBC and SundanceTV have partnered on the new eight-part drama miniseries Unspeakable, focused on the tainted blood scandal in Canada in the early 1980s.

Domingo Corral, head of original programming at Movistar+, as well as Facebook’s Ricky Van Veen, head of global creative strategy, and Daniel Danker, director of video product, are slated to deliver keynote speeches at MIPCOM 2017.

NBCUniversal saw 17.3 percent revenue growth and 22.6 percent Adjusted EBITDA growth in its second quarter, with a particularly strong performance from its film unit.

Eun-Kyung Park, SevenOne AdFactory’s chief sales officer, and Florian Pauthner, managing director of SevenVentures, spoke to World Screen Newsflash about investment strategies and why U.S. companies planning to scale abroad should look to Germany and ProSiebenSat.1 Group.

Ezgi Ural and Kerim Emrah Turna have been elevated as Kanal D restructures its global business division under the brand Kanal D International.

Among the new titles unveiled at National Geographic's TCA presentation were a Titanic 20th anniversary documentary special from James Cameron and a scripted adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s best seller The Right Stuff.

Netflix has ordered 20 episodes of Disenchantment, an adult animated comedy fantasy series from The Simpsons' Matt Groening.