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NEW YORK: The Channels Talk at MIPTV, moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati, featured programmers from CBC, Telewizja Polska, Mediaset, TV2 Denmark and Radiodiffusion Télévision Ivoirienne talking about their drama needs.

ENGLEWOOD/NORWALK/LOS ANGELES: DISH and the Chinese-language programmers TVB and CCTV have filed a lawsuit to stop the illegal streaming of content via the “h.TV” set-top box from HTV International (HTVI).

LOS GATOS: Netflix wrapped up Q1 with more than 81 million members, adding a record 6.74 million subs in the period, but the company is projecting a weaker second-quarter forecast.

SÃO PAULO: Netflix is prepping a new original series based on recent corruption investigation Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato in Portuguese) that will begin filming this year in Brazil.

The number of homes with digital TV is forecast to increase by 1.08 billion between 2010 and 2021 to 1.67 billion, a spike of 185 percent, according to Digital TV Research. The new edition of the Digital TV World Household Forecasts report, which covers 138 countries, predicts that the digital TV total will climb by 120 million in 2016 alone and by half a billion between 2015 and 2021.

BERLIN: Digital solution provider and content producer earthTV network has updated its production system to offer 4K content and additional camera outlets.

WARSAW/NEW YORK: SPI International is bringing its thematic channels and the 4K channel FunBox 4K/UHD to pay TV in North and South America.

Amid heightened security around the Palais, a reported 11,000 media executives from across the entertainment ecosystem convened in Cannes last week to network, screen, sell and buy.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs to launch globally in March, FOX's The Passion stirred up the most buzz on social media, with some 166,000 tweets, according to The WIT.

LOS ANGELES: Endemol Shine North America (ESNA) has combined its franchise management and integration teams under the newly established brand and licensing partnerships division, to be led by Tamaya Petteway.