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PARIS: The inaugural MIP China Hangzhou event this May, focused on co-development opportunities, has lined up 55 participating companies.

SINGAPORE: BBC Earth and BBC World News are launching on leading Filipino DTH operator Cignal TV, which reaches 1.6 million customers, on April 1.

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment has inked a deal with Happinet Corporation and Synergy Entertainment that will see L.M. Montgomery’s Anne of Green Gables make its theatrical release in Japan this spring.

KUALA LUMPUR: Astro Malaysia's video streaming service Tribe is eagerly exploring new content and advertising partners as it marks its first anniversary having reached the 1 million downloads mark for its app in Indonesia and the Philippines.

NEW YORK: Gurjeev Kapoor, the president of international business at Star India, discusses with World Screen Newsflash the company’s catalog and how widely Indian programming is traveling in the global marketplace.

CANNES: GMA Worldwide is offering international buyers three of the latest drama series that launched on GMA Network in the Philippines: Envy, Legally Blind and Destined to Be Yours.

BEIJING: Warner Bros. International Television Distribution has inked a deal to supply the Chinese streaming platform iQiyi with more than 200 feature films, including the Harry Potter franchise.

CANNES: Through its immersive virtual-reality educational experiences, VR Educate aims to enrich the learning of students across Asia.

CANNES: Seven elite urban athletes jump from rooftop to rooftop across Asia’s megacities in the factual-entertainment show Rooftop Culture, which is being distributed by Bomanbridge Media.

MUMBAI: Uday Shankar, chairman and CEO of Star India, expressed his concerns about censorship in the country and weighed in on the impact of digital adoption in his address at the FICCI Frames conference in Mumbai today.