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LOS ANGELES: This month, YouTube Red will debut The Keys of Christmas, a holiday special starring Mariah Carey and featuring original musical performances by Fifth Harmony and more.

TORONTO: ODTV and SotalCloud have teamed up to launch a new OTT streaming video service and app in Azerbaijan.

NEW YORK: The latest edition of EY’s Media & Entertainment Capital Confidence Barometer (CCB) has found that increased merger and acquisition activity in the sector will be led by digital disruption and convergence in 2017.

LOS ANGELES: The Branded Entertainment Network (BEN) has sold Splash News to SilverHub Media UK in an agreement that is anticipated to close on December 16.

Zenith predicts that global ad expenditure will grow 4.4 percent in both 2016 and 2017, reaching $566 billion by the end of next year.

SINGAPORE: The competition series Welcome to the Wild, the first season of which is set in the Amazon, is being showcased by Keshet International (KI) at ATF.

BERLIN: FremantleMedia International has licensed the prison drama Wentworth to Sky Deutschland, which will debut the show on Sky 1 on December 7.

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has made an equity investment in the digital-first media company Canvas Media Studios.

PARIS: The Series Mania Co-Production Forum and the TorinoFilmLab have revealed the nine projects selected for the 2017 SeriesLab program, which provides assistance to creatives seeking to write TV series.

STOCKHOLM: MTG has completed its previously announced acquisition of 21 percent of the global online games developer and publisher InnoGames, which it is now purchasing an additional 14-percent stake in.