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Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT Group) has extended its long-term content partnership with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) in a new multiyear agreement, in addition to signing a co-development and co-production pact. 

HBO has acquired worldwide television and streaming rights to the documentary feature film Siempre, Luis, which chronicles the life of the father of award-winning playwright and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda.

Banijay Asia is collaborating with Turmeric Media Networks and actor and politician Kamal Haasan to produce content across screens and languages.

beIN Media Group has recruited veteran sports-rights executive Richard Verow for the position of chief sports officer, and Daniel Markham, who Verow is succeeding in the role, has been promoted.

Michael Garin is moving from Image Nation to twofour54 Abu Dhabi, where he has been tapped as CEO.

Yi Qiao has joined ZDF Enterprises as director of ZDFE.drama for the acquisition of new projects and sales of drama programs in English-speaking territories worldwide and in Scandinavia.

OddBot, the production company behind Disney Junior’s Emmy-nominated Muppet Babies, is set to develop two new animated series and has optioned a third.

Eccho Rights has inked a deal in Bulgaria with bTV for three seasons of the Romanian drama series Vlad.

Dr. Seuss Enterprises is continuing to grow, adding two new members to its team, including Tami Thosath, who has joined the company as senior manager of global licensing.

GMA Network’s adaptation of the drama series Descendants of the Sun is slated to make its highly anticipated debut in Philippine prime time next week.