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Jack Thorne, whose recent TV projects include The Last Panthers, National Treasure and Kiri, talks to World Screen Newsflash about being attracted to topics in the news he feels have been covered too simplistically by the media and wanting to explore complex issues to which he has no easy answers.

Carolyn McCall, CEO of ITV, has been added to the MIPCOM 2018 Media Mastermind Keynote lineup.

Patrick Vien and Edward Sabin, executive managing directors of international at A+E Networks, tell World Screen Newsflash about the importance of owning content and the role of digital initiatives in generating creativity, engagement and viewer loyalty.

At the 2018 Edinburgh TV Festival, actress, screenwriter, poet and playwright Michaela Coel delivered the MacTaggart Lecture, in which she spoke about racism and her own sexual assault and how she hopes that sharing her experiences will bring about change.

The Facebook Watch service is being rolled out globally, with the move coming a year after its U.S. debut.

Karga Seven Pictures, part of Red Arrow Studios, has elevated Brett Boydstun to executive VP of production, effective immediately.

The Royal Television Society (RTS) has revealed the full program for its 2018 London Conference, adding to its roster of confirmed speakers, among others, Tom Mockridge, CEO of Virgin Media; Peter Salmon, chief creative officer of Endemol Shine Group; and Jeff Wachtel, president of NBCUniversal International Studios.

Netflix has inked a multiyear overall deal with Alex Hirsch, creator of the Annie and BAFTA Award-winning animated show Gravity Falls.

PREMIUM: The Good Wife creators Michelle and Robert King talk about supplying even more acerbic and pointed commentary to subjects pulled from the headlines in The Good Fight.

As Nippon TV gears up for MIPCOM, the company has revealed among its highlights the scripted format Oasis: A Love Story.