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NEW YORK: Producer Mark Gordon talks to World Screen Newsflash about the enduring appeal of procedural series, which, even in a television landscape filled with buzzworthy serialized shows, continue to satisfy broad swaths of the audience, in the U.S. and around the world.

NEW YORK: Oxygen Media is refocusing its positioning to become a female-skewed destination for crime programming.

ATLANTA: Turner International’s digital ventures and innovation group has made an equity investment in Bigballs Media (BBM), the parent company of Copa90, a digital video platform for football content.

NEW YORK: The digital edition of World Screen's February issue for the European Film Market (EFM) is now available.

LUXEMBOURG: RTL Group has decided not to exercise its option to acquire the remaining 49-percent shareholding in BroadbandTV, but rather will explore "all strategic alternatives" for the internet video company.

PARIS: The MIPTV 2017 program will feature a special emphasis on virtual reality (VR), including a keynote address from Rikard Steiber, the president of Viveport at HTC Vive.

SANTA MONICA/MUNICH: Tele München Group (TMG) has acquired a stake in Storied Media Group, with the two planning to explore international co-production opportunities in both film and TV.

TOKYO: Sony Corporation has reported a 112.1 billion yen ($982 million) impairment charge on the goodwill value of its movie segment in the quarter ended December 31, 2016.

BERLIN: Tasja Abel has been hired by Dynamic Television as VP of acquisitions, sales and co-productions, joining the company from ZDF Enterprises (ZDFE).

SEATTLE: Amazon Studios has greenlit a fourth season of the Golden Globe-winning series Mozart in the Jungle.