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NEW YORK: Paul Buccieri has been promoted to president of A+E Studios and A+E Networks Portfolio Group.

LOS ANGELES/PALO ALTO: Anonymous Content, which is behind such movies and series as Spotlight and Mr. Robot, has received a minority investment from Emerson Collective, the organization founded and run by Laurene Powell Jobs.

ANKARA: MISTCO and Turkish Radio and Television (TRT) have extended their partnership in a deal that will see the distribution company represent the Turkish public broadcaster’s entire library at MIPCOM, including the drama Resurrection.

The latest research from Ampere Analysis shows that the proportion of households that only have an SVOD subscription is increasing, as are the number of SVOD services taken up. The proportion of TV-viewing households in all markets with at least one SVOD service is increasing. The largest markets are the U.S. (71 percent), Sweden (53 percent), the U.K. (42 percent) and the Netherlands (38 percent).

PREMIUM: As Nine Network is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, Hugh Marks, the CEO of Nine Entertainment Co., tells World Screen Newsflash about the channel’s legacy and how it’s positioned to thrive in Australia’s changing media environment.

PARIS: The Series Mania Festival is ramping up its activities to promote the creation and production of TV shows through the Co-Production Forum, the fest’s industry arm, which will feature a new mentoring program to support new talent.

Hui Leng Yeow, the senior project director of ATF and ScreenSingapore at Reed Exhibitions, talks about the 17th edition of the Asia TV Forum & Market.

LONDON: Beyond Distribution is gearing up for MIPCOM and MIPJunior, where it will launch two new series: Brent Owens: Extreme, Authentic & Unwrapped, featuring the titular MasterChef Australia winner, and the animated kids’ series Fanshaw & Crudnut.

According to Digital TV Research's Global Pay TV Operator Forecasts report, the top 100 operators accounted for three-quarters of the world’s pay-TV subscribers by end-2015, and this proportion is not expected to change over the next five years.

BURBANK: Gary Glasberg, executive producer and showrunner of NCIS and executive producer and creator of NCIS: New Orleans, has passed away.