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CANNES: This year marks the 20th anniversary of GMA Worldwide, which is heading to MIPTV with the highlights Because of You, Wish I May and My Superstar.

MUMBAI: Speaking at the FICCI Frames conference in Mumbai, Uday Shankar, CEO of STAR in India, talked about plans to take the company's OTT service hotstar to the international market over the next few months, as well as addressed the disruptions taking place in the local landscape and how broadcasters need to respond.

TOKYO/BEVERLY HILLS: Starz Digital has expanded its content licensing pact with Hulu in Japan to include Ash vs Evil Dead and seasons one and two of Power.

MUMBAI: FremantleMedia India is launching its first-ever web series with Confessions: It’s Complicated, slated to premiere on Facebook this April.

CANNES: Korea’s Shin Ha-Kyun portrays a gifted negotiator up against a terrorist in the drama series Pied Piper, which CJ E&M is highlighting for MIPTV.

MUMBAI: Viacom18, which operates a portfolio of Indian networks, including Colors, has launched an advertiser-supported free VOD platform called VOOT.

LAUSANNE: For New Zealand and the Pacific Island territories, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has awarded SKY Network Television the right to broadcast the XXIII Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020, the XXIV Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 and the Olympic Games 2024.

SINGAPORE: BBC First has secured its first Southeast Asian carriage deal, with an April 4 launch set for the service on StarHub in Singapore.

GENEVA: The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has signed an exclusive option with Australian Associate SBS (Special Broadcasting Service) to develop an Asian version of the Eurovision Song Contest.

SYDNEY: Foxtel's CEO, Richard Freudenstein, is stepping down from the company after four and a half years, to be succeeded by News Corp Australia CEO Peter Tonagh.