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BRISTOL: As part of ESPN's wide-ranging multimedia deal with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), ESPN Caribbean has picked up the English-language rights to distribute UEFA events from 2018 to 2022 across its various platforms.

PARIS: MIPCOM is launching its first-ever Diversity Summit, which includes a series of talks and panels to explore issues of diversity in entertainment, both on-screen and in the boardroom.

TEL AVIV: Keshet International (KI) is heading to MIPCOM 2016 with a programming slate featuring more than 20 new titles, including the adventure-reality format Welcome to the Wild.

PARIS: A+E Networks' Sean Cohan, YouTube's Susanne Daniels and creator and executive producer Adi Hasak have been added to the roster of Media Mastermind Keynote speakers at MIPCOM.

The CEO talks about how Hulu will soon be complementing its SVOD service with a bundle of broadcast and cable networks that will allow subscribers to watch shows, sports and news, either live or on demand.

SYDNEY: Australia's Free TV has called for the abolition of license fees "to ensure the future sustainability of the industry."

LOS ANGELES: Sonar Entertainment has made a number of appointments in an expansion of its global sales team, including tapping former Lionsgate exec Carol Eymery to head up EMEA.

STOCKHOLM: Lionsgate has set a deal with MTG that gives the company the global distribution rights for the comedy series Swedish Dicks, Viaplay's first original series.

SYDNEY: Seven West Media has secured a 33-percent stake in Draftstars, Australia’s leading daily fantasy sports start-up.

Global advertising expenditure is expected to grow 4.4 percent this year to reach $539 billion, ahead of the 4.1 percent previously forecast, according to Zenith’s new Advertising Expenditure Forecast. This upgrade is mainly due to stronger‐than‐expected growth in the U.S. Zenith expects U.S. network TV to return to growth this year (at 1 percent) after shrinking 5 percent last year, thanks to new spending by pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods companies and a strong upfront.