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MADRID: Beatriz Setuaín is rejoining Imagina International Sales (IIS) as sales director, overseeing Western Europe and the U.S.

LONDON: Discovery Communications has named Michael Lang to the newly created position of executive VP of international development and digital.

LONDON: A+E Networks UK has tapped Matthew Westrup for the new role of VP of operations, effective in March.

LOS ANGELES/ISTANBUL: Basic Lead and Globus Fairs, co-organizers of the upcoming DISCOP Istanbul, are preparing to host more than 750 delegates, with 100-plus distribution and production companies expected to attend the event.

PARIS: Vivendi has agreed to pay $775 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Liberty Media in 2003 regarding the acquisition of what was then known as USA Networks.

PARIS: The third edition of MIPDigital Fronts, which will take place in Cannes from April 4 to 6, will feature showcases from Endemol Beyond, FremantleMedia, Maker Studios and more.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix is making all episodes of the original anime series Perfect Bones available simultaneously in 190 countries around the world.

A new report from IHS points to a correlation between Netflix's launch in a market and a reduction in consumer spending on buying and renting movies and TV series on disc. Consumers spent $20.9 billion buying and renting movies and TV content in the U.S. in 2006, the report observes. By last year, total spending on this segment was down by 17 percent to $17.3 billion.

NEW YORK: Tracey Scoffield, executive producer of The Frankenstein Chronicles, and David Tanner, who serves as producer, talk to World Screen Newsflash about the period crime drama.

LONDON: Sky Vision has inked an exclusive three-script development deal with the production company Merman, which has a current roster that includes the Sarah Jessica Parker HBO series Divorce.