SYDNEY: Foxtel is replacing its drama network SoHo with a new channel, Binge, designed to meet the consumer demand for box-set entertainment.

MELBOURNE: Filming has kicked off on Boxwars, a new show being developed with assistance from Australian Children's Television Foundation (ACTF) that spotlights live mock battles featuring cardboard armor.

LONDON: ITV has ordered the new contemporary drama series Innocent, starring Hermione Norris (Cold Feet) and Lee Ingleby (The A Word), from TXTV.

LONDON: Starting this September, U.K. viewers will be required to pay the license fee in order to watch catch-up programming on the BBC iPlayer.

NEW YORK: The Oznoz Video App, which provides thousands of hours of kids’ content in over ten languages, has rolled out on Apple TV in the U.S. and Canada.

RIO DE JANEIRO: FOX Sports Latin America has inaugurated its new Brazilian studio, a 43,000-square-foot facility in Rio that will begin operations in time for the opening week of the 2016 Olympic Games.

LONDON: Liberty Global and Discovery Communications have renewed their long-term distribution partnership, inking a new multiplatform deal that spans 12 markets across Europe.

LONDON: BBC One has commissioned the new eight-part crime drama McMafia, with James Norton set to play the lead.

SYDNEY: Australia’s Seven has partnered with Samsung to deliver 100 hours of live and on-demand virtual-reality content from the Olympic Games in Rio.

LONDON: Among U.K. viewers who watched paid-for on-demand content in 2016, Netflix was by far the most popular service, according to the latest Ofcom report.