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Netflix has picked up a fifth installment of the animated adult comedy BoJack Horseman, the fourth season of which launched globally on the streaming service earlier this month.

Propagate Content is teaming up with Emmy Award-winning executive producer and showrunner Charles Wachter to launch the new production company Hard Twenty.

Fox Networks Group Content Distribution (FNGCD) will debut more than 70 new titles across almost 550 new hours at MIPCOM this year, with highlights such as Deep State, Fox Networks Group’s first regional scripted commission for Europe & Africa.

Jakob Mejlhede, the executive VP of programming and content development at MTG, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company's investments in original content, his approach to acquisitions and the differences in programming for linear and nonlinear audiences.

Rebecca Campbell, the president of the ABC Owned Television Station Group and ABC Daytime, will assume the role of president of The Walt Disney Company Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), effective January 1, 2018.

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a minority stake in Stolen Picture, the new production banner founded by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and signed an exclusive TV distribution deal.

Nick Bell, the VP of content at Snap Inc., and Sean Mills, the company’s senior director of content programming, will discuss content creation for mobile in a keynote at MIPCOM next month.

Entertainment Studios, led by Chairman and CEO Byron Allen, is launching a new direct-to-consumer global streaming OTT subscription platform, SPORTS.TV.  

Jane Millichip, the managing director of Sky Vision, tells World Screen Newsflash about the company’s approach to drama and its enduring commitment to factual and formats, as well as shares her perspective on the complexities of windowing today.

Eccho Rights has sold the hit Ukrainian comedy Servant of the People into Korea, while the scripts have been optioned for a remake in France.