TORONTO: Corus Entertainment's W Network has given the go-ahead to a third season of Love It or List It Vancouver, a spin-off of the popular property reality series. Love It or List It Vancouver is co-hosted by Jillian Harris, a TV personality and interior designer, and Todd Talbot, a real-estate ...

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime has placed a straight-to-series order for Damien, a follow-up to the classic horror movie The Omen, to be written and exec produced by The Walking Dead’s Glen Mazzara. The six-part series will track the adult life of Damien Thorn, the child born in the original 1976 film, ...

SINGAPORE: StarHub TV has added BabyFirst to its offering, with a free preview of the channel running from now until October 31. Meant for infants and toddlers, BabyFirst features positive, interactive content created and supervised by top child development experts. The network, which originated in the U.S., is airing in ...

The aim of the Series Mania European Co-Production Forum is to contribute to a more competitive market for TV drama series in Europe by encouraging collaborations between producers, distributors, TV broadcasters, TV funders and commissioners. Organized by the Forum des Images, located in the heart of Paris, and supported by ...

PARIS: PGS Entertainment has sold the animated series Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood to a slew of international broadcasters. The 52×11-minute show, which follows the adventures of a 10-year-old Robin Hood, was picked up by RTBF for French-speaking Belgium, NRK in Norway, Switzerland’s RTS, RTL Telekids in the Netherlands and ...

SINGAPORE: MediaCorp has named Jack Lim, who spent the last six years at Sony Pictures Television Networks Asia, to the newly created role of chief commercial officer. Lim will be leading the company's commercial division. He will have oversight for commercial relationships and fulfillment, including ad sales, go-to-market partnerships and ...

LOS ANGELES: Electus has co-produced The Goddesses' New Clothes, which is based on the U.S. series Fashion Star, in partnership with Dragon TV, Hitao and Blue Flame. The ten-episode series will see six female celebs design and model "themed" clothes with the help of professional designers to win orders from ...

BEVERLY HILLS: Lloyd Mintz is joining Genius Brands International (GBI) as VP of consumer products, a newly created role. Mintz will work under Stone Newman, the company's newly appointed president of global consumer products. The pair will collaborate with retailers and licensees to build comprehensive global consumer products programs for ...

SINGAPORE: This fall, A+E Networks' BIO channel will be replaced by FYI across Southeast Asia, following on the U.S. rebrand that took place this summer. FYI is positioned as a contemporary lifestyle network that reflects how people live their lives today. The rebrand of BIO to FYI will take place ...

SEATTLE: Amazon.com has reached a deal to acquire Twitch Interactive, a live video platform for gamers, for $970 million in cash. In the month of July alone, more than 55 million unique visitors viewed more than 15 billion minutes of content on Twitch. The content on the platform is produced ...