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PARIS: Series Mania Festival is expanding its scope and has opened the call for series and projects for its eighth edition, which will run April 13 to 23.

LOS ANGELES: NATPE is gearing up for the upcoming event in Miami, where organizers are expecting a large number of international attendees.

LONDON: Sky has received a new bid from 21st Century Fox, with an offer price of £10.75 ($13.50) per share in cash that would make it a £18.5 billion ($23.2 billion) deal.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs that launched in November, Netflix's Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life generated the most social-media buzz, according to The WIT.

NEW YORK: Lydia Hampson, producer of Fleabag, sat down with World Screen Newsflash’s Anna Carugati to discuss the critically acclaimed six-part scripted show, which is part of the all3media International catalog.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has unveiled new research regarding the binge routines of its members around the world, finding that viewers most often watch movies as a break between finishing series.

BURBANK: Roni Patel has been elevated to senior VP of sales for Nordic, Benelux and the Middle East at Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD).

LOS ANGELES: IM Global Television has placed 55 hours of programming with Foxtel, which picked up, among other titles, the hit original series Justice Served: Murderous Affairs.

LONDON: ITV Studios America's Julie Meldal-Johnsen has been tapped to serve as the director of global content for ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE).

NEW YORK: Viacom has promoted Tom Gorke to the post of executive VP of content distribution, replacing Denise Denson, who is leaving the company.