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LONDON: BBC Worldwide has landed presales for the highly anticipated landmark series Planet Earth II ahead of MIPCOM, in addition to securing a raft of deals across Central and Eastern Europe for other titles.

LONDON: Sky has put $2 million into Caavo, an American consumer-electronics start-up venture.

LONDON: Steve Burke, the CEO of NBCUniversal, discusses the powerful partnership of content and distribution, why monetization matters and how the company is forging ahead in a new age of on-demand.

LOS ANGELES: Kabillion has closed a deal with Cox Communications to add the Kabillion and Kabillion Girls Rule VOD networks to all Cox Advanced TV subscribers nationwide.

NEW YORK: TV Listings, the ultimate programming resource for buyers, is available as a digital edition, which is easy to print and take with you as you head to MIPCOM. You can view the digital edition here or download it and print it from here.

SYDNEY: Brett Savill, formerly of PwC and BAI Communications, has been appointed as CEO of Free TV Australia, effective today.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs that launched globally in September, Netflix's Marvel's Luke Cage generated the most buzz on Twitter and Facebook, with some 165,000 tweets, according to The WIT.

NEW YORK: The World Screen app for iOS and Android is now updated for MIPCOM, delivering program listings, news and a range of other resources.

PARIS: The fifth edition of MIPCOM's Women in Global Entertainment Power Lunch will feature, among others, UnREAL stars Constance Zimmer and Shiri Appleby.

PARIS: Newen Distribution's drama slate for MIPCOM is led by the adventure thriller series OURO, a Canal+ original.