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MIPTV is now two markets in one, with distribution and development as the two main pillars of the show, says Laurine Garaude, director of the television division at Reed MIDEM.

Thunderbird Entertainment Group is working with author Cherie Dimaline and TV writer and producer Jennica Harper to adapt the award-winning novel The Marrow Thieves for television.

Netflix has picked up The Wandering Earth, based on the novella of the same name by Liu Cixin.

Golden Globe winner Colin Farrell (In Bruges, Widows) has come on board the BBC Two four-part thriller The North Water, set in the U.K. and the ice floes of the Arctic in the late 1850s.

The team of creators behind the Emmy Award-winning comedy Childrens Hospital is back for Medical Police, which will air on Netflix.

UKTV has greenlit the docudrama series Ski A&E, which follows the emergency medical team at France’s Val Thorens, one of the world’s largest ski resorts.

Paul Feig, Bridesmaids director and creator of Freaks and Geeks, is slated to deliver the Worldview Address at the Edinburgh TV Festival.

Insight TV has commissioned Power &…Martial Arts, a show that delves into the lives of martial artists, documenting their victories, defeats and struggles.

Viacom and fuboTV have entered into an agreement that will extend the former’s global portfolio of entertainment brands to the latter’s live TV streaming service.

New details for the upcoming Series Mania were unveiled at press conferences in Lille and Paris, including news that Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill) and Freddie Highmore (The Good Doctor) will be among the guests of honor.