BEVERLY HILLS: An expanded licensing agreement between Netflix and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) sees the service being able to stream Murdoch Mysteries for the first time in Canada as well as new seasons of Republic of Doyle and others. The two extended and expanded their current licensing agreement to ...

LONDON: Sky Store, an on-demand movie rental service that was previously only available for Sky customers, has been opened up to everyone in the U.K. and Ireland. Recent film releases such as Man of Steel, The Hangover Part 3, Despicable Me 2 and The Lone Ranger are now available for ...

HALIFAX/LOS ANGELES/LONDON: DHX Media has secured a number of sales and renewals for Yo Gabba Gabba!, a successful live-action series, in territories around the globe. The first four seasons of the show were picked up by MBC Group for broadcast on MBC3 in the Middle East and North Africa. In ...

LOS ANGELES: Heading into 2014, there is a high level of confidence from the media and entertainment industry about the global economy, according to an EY survey, expecting to see growth and an improving mergers and acquisitions deal environment. The ...

SINGAPORE: Zodiak Rights has landed format adaptation deals in Vietnam, Cambodia, the Philippines and Thailand for the extreme singing competition Killer Karaoke. The Vietnamese adaptation will be made by BHD Co., Ltd for VTV3, which is on board for ten 60-minute episodes to launch later this year. The Cambodian deal ...

SINGAPORE: China's Sohu has licensed 100 hours of factual programming from ITV Studios Global Entertainment, among a slate of new deals for the company with Asian digital platforms. Titles in the Sohu deal include I Shouldn’t Be Alive and Built From Disaster. In Singapore, MediaCorp's OTT platform Toggle opted for ...

LONDON: Channel 4 in the U.K. has promoted Nick Mirksy to head of specialist factual, while David Glover has been elevated to head of documentaries. In their newly created posts, Mirksy and Glover will continue to work under Ralph Lee, the network's head of factual. They will be charged with ...

MADRID: FOX International Channels (FIC) has hired former Setanta Africa exec Kelly Butler as the senior VP of FOX Sports for Europe and Africa. Butler previously served as the CEO of Setanta Africa, which was recently acquired by FIC. Prior ...

TORONTO/LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One Television (eOne) has started production on One Night Stand with Annie Sibonney, a culinary travel series set to broadcast on Discovery World Canada and Discovery Asia. One Night Stand with Annie Sibonney watches as the From Spain with Love host visits late-night eateries around the globe, including in such cities ...

LOS ANGELES: Electus has named Jessica Sebastian, previously the senior director of development at the Style Network, as its first VP of unscripted television. The hire marks the company's continued expansion in the unscripted space as well as growth across its overall business. Sebastian will be developing, directing and producing ...