Fauna Entertainment has expanded its YouTube management services into the Arabic-speaking market in the Middle East.

The Los Angeles-based production company 32 Flavors, launched last summer by Alex Baskin, has appointed Netflix and Bravo alum Jenn Levy as president.

Lionsgate Television has optioned Adam Ciralsky’s Vanity Fair article “Take No Prisoners” for series development, with The Rookie and The Recruit showrunner Alexi Hawley as creator.

WildBrain has inked a deal with Tale Wind Studio to bring Turbozaurs to its YouTube network.

The Jim Henson Company and Paramount’s Ananey Studios (Greenhouse Academy, Spell Keepers) have partnered to develop The Season Keepers, with Craig Bartlett (Dinosaur, Hey Arnold!) attached to write.

Francis Coady, former chief marketing and content officer at Havas Media Australia (Vivendi), has launched the Sydney-based venture Grand Pacific Entertainment, with strategic representation by William Morris Endeavor (WME).

Jellyfish Pictures has expanded into the Canadian market with the opening of a VFX operations site in Toronto.

Cineflix Rights has closed multiple deals with CEE broadcasters for more than 250 hours of scripted and factual content covering the lifestyle, true-crime, history and science genres.

New seasons of Talpa Studios’ Million Dollar Island format have been commissioned for MBC in the Middle East and NET5 in the Netherlands.

U.S.-originated content was viewed by 60 percent of SVOD users across the Asia Pacific in Q1 of this year, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA), outperforming fare from South Korea and Japan.