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STX Filmworks is merging with the Indian film studio and OTT platform operator Eros International.

Mindhouse Productions, founded by filmmakers Louis Theroux, Arron Fellows and Nancy Strang, has secured a first-look distribution deal with BBC Studios.

SPI International is freshening up its flagship channel, FilmBox, with a new graphics package and content acquisitions.

Bell Media, CBC/Radio-Canada, Corus Entertainment, Groupe V Média and Rogers Sports & Media are collaborating in a show of support for the frontline workers fighting the battle against COVID-19 across Canada with the one-hour special Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble.

Brook Lapping, part of Zinc Media, has been commissioned by BBC Arts to make a documentary film for BBC Two about the comedian Peter Sellers.

Cactus Tree Entertainment has entered into a co-production partnership with RMI (Re:Source Media Inc.) for a documentary series on the coronavirus, Covid-19: The Ripple Effect, which has presold to ZDF for Germany as well as M-Net for Africa.

Script Angel, a screenwriter-coaching and talent-development company founded by Hayley McKenzie, has launched an Inclusion Scholarship for its screenwriter-coaching program.

Inter Medya has secured new deals with Imagen in Mexico and Color Vision in the Dominican Republic for Mrs. Fazilet and Her Daughters.

Weekly consumption of online video rose by 60 percent in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore amid COVID-19-related stay-at-home measures this month, according to Media Partners Asia (MPA).

The children’s series Earth to Luna!, which inspires kids to discover the world of science, has launched a brochure and online content to help its young viewers understand the coronavirus pandemic.