BALI: Netflix’s Reed Hastings and Ted Sarandos weighed in on the ups and downs of the platform’s international expansion at a session at APOS in Bali today.

ARLINGTON: New actors and directors are on board for the second season of PBS's Mercy Street, which is currently in production in Richmond and Petersburg, Virginia.

LA PLAINE ST DENIS: KABO International has secured format deals with Go Quest Media Ventures and Nordisk Film TV for the game show Cash or Splash.

NEW YORK: A+E Networks has lined up broadcasters in more than 50 territories for its event miniseries Roots, which is set to air across five continents.

LOS ANGELES: Viola Davis and Julius Tennon and their production company, JuVee Productions, have entered into an overall deal with ABC Studios and ABC Signature Studios.

PARIS: Eurosport, World Snooker and IMG have revealed a ten-year extension of the TV and digital rights to show 18 tournaments of the World Snooker Tour on Eurosport and its on-demand digital service Eurosport Player.

SYDNEY: ZooMoo, an interactive preschool channel focused on animals and wildlife, has become the first children's service to be offered by Australia's Telstra TV.

SINGAPORE: Bomanbridge Media has signed a renewal agreement with Indian general-entertainment channel Zee Tamil for another two seasons of the game-show format DNA.

TEL AVIV: Capturing the Moment, a format in which elderly people share their experiences and wisdom on a range of complex issues, has sold into Italy and Poland.

BURBANK: ABC has introduced an immersive 360-degree experience for Dancing with the Stars, as viewers join the dancers on the ballroom floor in virtual reality.