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LONDON: Turner Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has elevated Tarek Mounir to VP and general manager for Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, Greece and Cyprus.

PARIS: MIPTV came to a close today in Cannes, with organizer Reed MIDEM reporting attendance of 11,000 delegates, including 3,900 buyers.

PARIS: Through its subsidiary THEMA, CANAL+ Group has acquired Alterna’TV, a Miami-based content distribution company, from Eutelsat Americas. More to come…

NEW YORK: Verizon has agreed to acquire a 24.5 percent stake in AwesomenessTV as part of a deal that will also see the companies working to create a new mobile video service.

WARSAW: SPI International has acquired television and VOD rights for BBC Worldwide titles such as Doctor Who and War and Peace for its FilmBox channels.

NEW YORK: The National Football League (NFL) has named Twitter as its exclusive partner to deliver a live, worldwide OTT digital stream of Thursday Night Football throughout the 2016 NFL Regular Season.

CANNES: The Channels Talk at MIPTV this morning, 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.

NEW YORK/CANNES: The 2016 International Emmy Founders Award will be presented to Shonda Rhimes, the writer, executive producer and creator behind such global hits as Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, Private Practice and How to Get Away with Murder.

CANNES: Get ready for MIPTV's official opening tomorrow by picking up a copy of our MIPTV editions at a number of hotels on the Croisette, and download the World Screen app, delivering programming listings, news and a host of other useful resources, from the iTunes App Store or the Google Play Store.

CANNES: AMC Global can now be seen in more than 125 countries, including new markets such as the U.K.