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Kino Lorber-owned streamer MHz Choice has picked up the North American rights to Reykjavík Fusion, the Icelandic culinary series starring and executive produced by Ólafur Darri Ólafsson (Severance).

TIFFCOM: Japanese broadcast group Nippon Television has laid out an ambitious plan to increase international revenues by five times over the next eight years, with growth in overseas markets, particularly North America, forming a key part of its strategy.

LA-based production outfits Duplass Brothers Productions, led by Jay and Mark Duplass, and Amplify Pictures are teaming up to finance and produce a comedic crime thriller called Sleep King.

Netflix has commissioned a historical drama exploring the triumphs and tragedies of the Kennedy family, based on Swedish-American historian Fredrik Logevall’s 2020 book JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956.

Warner Bros Discovery’s news giant CNN is heading back into the paid video streaming market with the launch of a new All Access tier in the US.

US gameshow series Pop Culture Jeopardy! is moving from Amazon-owned streamer Prime Video to Netflix for its second season.

Former Lionsgate senior executive Erik Feig has been appointed to lead Arena SNK Studios, a newly launched production outfit backed with Saudi Arabian money to the tune of US$1bn.

All3Media International has lined up a Mipcom slate including docuseries The Trial of Michael Jackson, new Studio Lambert psychological reality format The Inheritance and a raft of dramas featuring the likes of Gillian Anderson, Gemma Arterton, Sheridan S

US station group owners Nexstar Media Group and Sinclair have lifted their respective boycotts on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, after dropping the ABC show following remarks the late-night host made about the killing of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk.

Crave, the Canadian streaming service owned by Bell Media, has signed a next-day streaming deal for American gameshow stalwarts Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune.

Canadian studio and channel owner WildBrain is getting out of the broadcast business, with the company today announcing it will close down Family Channel, Family Jr, WildBrainTV and Télémagino after they were dropped by cable providers Rogers Communicat

Fox One, the newly launched SVoD service from Fox Corp, has struck a carriage deal with Amazon to accompany its launch in the US on Thursday.

HBO Max in the Nordics has commissioned a true crime series, Horses and Hangmen, from BBC Studios Nordic.

Fox Entertainment Studios has struck a first-look deal with American comedian and actor Bill Burr and his North Hill Productions banner.  

Jax Media co-founders Tony Hernandez and Lilly Burns have teamed with MRC’s former television president Elise Henderson to officially launch New York-based production outfit Counterpart Studios.  

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which provides funding to US public media entities PBS, NPR and its member stations, is set to shut down after its previously allocated budget for the next two year was rescinded by Congress.

Vancouver-based studio Thunderbird Entertainment has named former Warner Bros Discovery development exec Laura Crowson as senior VP of global development at its unscripted prodco Great Pacific Media.  

Cleve Keller and Dave Noll, the creators and producers behind the long-running franchise Chopped, are launching a culinary series titled Countdown to Delicious through Vizio’s free streaming platform Vizio WatchFree+.

Canada’s CBC has picked up the exclusive English-language Canadian rights to bobsleigh documentary series Redemption Run.

Toronto-based Insight Productions has announced a number of promotions, including Tanya Low’s elevation to chief development officer and Jessica Brunton to chief production officer, as it ramps up its international expansion plans.