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LONDON: A+E Networks UK has tapped Matthew Westrup for the new role of VP of operations, effective in March.

LOS ANGELES/ISTANBUL: Basic Lead and Globus Fairs, co-organizers of the upcoming DISCOP Istanbul, are preparing to host more than 750 delegates, with 100-plus distribution and production companies expected to attend the event.

PARIS: Vivendi has agreed to pay $775 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Liberty Media in 2003 regarding the acquisition of what was then known as USA Networks.

PARIS: The third edition of MIPDigital Fronts, which will take place in Cannes from April 4 to 6, will feature showcases from Endemol Beyond, FremantleMedia, Maker Studios and more.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix is making all episodes of the original anime series Perfect Bones available simultaneously in 190 countries around the world.

A new report from IHS points to a correlation between Netflix's launch in a market and a reduction in consumer spending on buying and renting movies and TV series on disc. Consumers spent $20.9 billion buying and renting movies and TV content in the U.S. in 2006, the report observes. By last year, total spending on this segment was down by 17 percent to $17.3 billion.

NEW YORK: Tracey Scoffield, executive producer of The Frankenstein Chronicles, and David Tanner, who serves as producer, talk to World Screen Newsflash about the period crime drama.

LONDON: Sky Vision has inked an exclusive three-script development deal with the production company Merman, which has a current roster that includes the Sarah Jessica Parker HBO series Divorce.

MUNICH: ProSiebenSat.1 Media is hailing 2015 as a record year, with revenues rising 13.4 percent to 3.3 billion euros ($3.6 billion) and net profit up 11.6 percent to 467.5 million euros ($514.7 million).

NEW YORK: Flowers, a new comedic drama starring Olivia Colman (Broadchurch, The Lobster, Peep Show) and Julian Barratt (The Mighty Boosh, Nathan Barley), will be available starting this spring on Seeso in the U.S. and on Channel 4 in the U.K.