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PARIS: MIPTV will award the 2017 Médailles d’Honneur to ZDF Enterprises' Alexander Coridass, CTC Media's Viacheslav Murugov, Amazon Studios' Roy Price and Huace Group's Zhao Yifang.

GREENWICH: The $1 billion deal between Dalian Wanda Group and Dick Clark Productions owner Eldridge Industries has fallen through.

STOCKHOLM: Modern Times Group (MTG) has teamed up with leading players from the world of boxing to launch the first-of-its-kind annual tournament World Boxing Super Series.

DUBAI: OSN Ya Hala International has acquired the exclusive rights to distribute Egyptian Premier League (EPL) globally outside of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

BURBANK: John Louie has been appointed as senior VP of international at Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP), joining the company from Mattel.

The actress, who stars in The Handmaid's Tale and Top of the Lake, speaks about the complex, layered characters that she portrays.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs that launched globally in February, TRT's Payitaht Abdülhamid (The Last Emperor) stirred up the most buzz on social media, according to The WIT.

LOS ANGELES: Mikael Hed, a former CEO of Rovio Entertainment, has formed a new start-up, Kaiken Entertainment, which purchased Rovio's TV animation studio in Vancouver.

LONDON/BERLIN: FremantleMedia has invested more capital in the multiplatform network (MPN) Divimove.

PREMIUM: All3media CEO Jane Turton explains how having the best talent, properly incentivized and supported by a skilled distribution arm that helps finance shows, yields the best results creatively and commercially.