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Amid heightened security around the Palais, a reported 11,000 media executives from across the entertainment ecosystem convened in Cannes last week to network, screen, sell and buy.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs to launch globally in March, FOX's The Passion stirred up the most buzz on social media, with some 166,000 tweets, according to The WIT.

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine North America (ESNA) has combined its franchise management and integration teams under the newly established brand and licensing partnerships division, to be led by Tamaya Petteway.

LONDON: Turner Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has elevated Tarek Mounir to VP and general manager for Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, Greece and Cyprus.

PARIS: MIPTV came to a close today in Cannes, with organizer Reed MIDEM reporting attendance of 11,000 delegates, including 3,900 buyers.

PARIS: Through its subsidiary THEMA, CANAL+ Group has acquired Alterna’TV, a Miami-based content distribution company, from Eutelsat Americas. More to come…

NEW YORK: Verizon has agreed to acquire a 24.5 percent stake in AwesomenessTV as part of a deal that will also see the companies working to create a new mobile video service.

WARSAW: SPI International has acquired television and VOD rights for BBC Worldwide titles such as Doctor Who and War and Peace for its FilmBox channels.

NEW YORK: The National Football League (NFL) has named Twitter as its exclusive partner to deliver a live, worldwide OTT digital stream of Thursday Night Football throughout the 2016 NFL Regular Season.

CANNES: The Channels Talk at MIPTV this morning, moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati, featured programmers from CBC, Telewizja Polska, Mediaset, TV2 Denmark and Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne talking about their drama needs.