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LOS ANGELES: Mikael Hed, a former CEO of Rovio Entertainment, has formed a new start-up, Kaiken Entertainment, which purchased Rovio's TV animation studio in Vancouver.

LONDON/BERLIN: FremantleMedia has invested more capital in the multiplatform network (MPN) Divimove.

PREMIUM: All3media CEO Jane Turton explains how having the best talent, properly incentivized and supported by a skilled distribution arm that helps finance shows, yields the best results creatively and commercially.

NEW YORK: Liberty Global is among the new investors that contributed to iflix's latest funding round, with $90 million secured to accelerate the SVOD service's expansion into the Middle East, Africa and new markets in Asia.

MUNICH/LONDON: Content Media Corporation and Palatin Media have secured joint international distribution for Date My Dad, a brand-new original comedy-drama series starring Raquel Welch that will premiere on UP TV in the U.S. later this year.

NEW YORK: The digital edition of World Screen's pre-MIPTV & FILMART issue, which includes a feature on the latest trends in the global drama business, is now available. View it here.

PARIS: Damon Lindelof, co-creator and showrunner of the hit series Lost and The Leftovers, has been chosen as jury president for this year’s Series Mania international competition.

NEW YORK/LONDON: Comedy Central International has greenlit five new short-form digital series exclusively made for Snapchat, YouTube, Facebook, the Comedy Central Play app and the Comedy Central UK website.

PARIS: Roy Price, the VP of Amazon Studios, and Jørgen Madsen Lindemann, the president and CEO of MTG, have been added to the MIPTV roster of Media Mastermind Keynotes.

This year's event will take place from March 13 to 16, and about 800 exhibitors are expected to attend.