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Double-digit gains at ITV Studios helped to drive a 6-percent boost in revenues to £2.26 billion ($2.97 billion) at ITV plc for the first nine months of the year.

Facebook and Fremantle have struck a deal to launch new international versions of the interactive game show Confetti, which is being adapted in the U.K., Thailand, India, Vietnam and the Philippines for Facebook Watch.

Oscar-nominated producer Ramsey Naito (The Boss Baby) has been appointed as executive VP of animation production and development at Nickelodeon.

Increased advertising and affiliate revenues were partially offset by lower theatrical revenues at 21st Century Fox, which reported total first quarter revenues of $7.2 billion, a 2-percent increase on the year-ago period, and a higher net profit of $1.3 billion.

TV Latina’s digital editions for MIP Cancun are now available, offering a report on the strategies for reaching LatAm audiences, interviews with La casa de papel’s Álex Pina and Narcos’ Eric Newman and much more, as well as TV Listings in Spanish.

New perspectives and innovations are driving increased demand for natural-history programming.

Ups and Downs, one of two stand-alone dramas being made as part of BBC Northern Ireland’s pilot New Perspectives initiative, is currently filming.

From the creator of Borgen and Ride Upon the Storm comes Ragnarok, a new Norwegian original series for Netflix, which has also ordered a young adult supernatural drama from Spain.

USA Network has picked up a second season of The Purge, a co-production with Blumhouse Television and Universal Cable Productions.

The long-running game shows Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune, from the CBS Television Distribution catalog, have been renewed by ABC Owned Television Stations through 2022-23.