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The sports documentary Take the Ball, Pass the Ball is being brought to the international market by Rooftop Film & TV, which has already landed deals with Telemundo, among others.

Toei Animation has inked new SVOD deals for the anime series One Piece in Germany and Russia.

El Rey Network has appointed Mauricio Rios, who formerly was at Universo Channel, as VP of programming and acquisitions.

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.