KUALA LUMPUR: Sessom Asia and X System International have inked licensing and merchandising deals for Chuck Chicken, an animated action comedy series from Animasia Studio and Fuzhou ZeroOne Animation.

PARK CITY: Jaunt has unveiled five new scripted projects in development, including a VR series based on the 1992 cult classic feature The Lawnmower Man.

Sunita Uchil, chief business officer for international ad sales, global syndication and production, discusses the company’s new format incubator.

LOS ANGELES: Empire star Jussie Smollett is executive producing Giants, a new digital drama set to launch this week on Issa Rae’s YouTube channel under the ColorCreative.TV banner.

The fourth quarter of 2016 saw 194 deals in the entertainment, media and communications sector, a 34-percent gain on the previous quarter, according to PwC.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Keshet International has presold Woodcut Media’s true-crime series World’s Most Evil Killers to RTL for German-speaking Europe.

NEW YORK: World Screen Newsflash’s Kristin Brzoznowski talks to New Blood executive producer Jill Green and Anthony Horowitz, the show's creator and writer, about how the series came about and landed at the BBC, as well as its fresh take on the crime drama genre.

DUBAI: Middle Eastern and North African online streaming service icflix and Yellow Spot Productions have collaborated to bring the 3D-animated series Super Geek Heroes to youngsters.

LONDON: The ITV Studios format Meet the Parents has been commissioned for local production in Finland by MTV3 for its SUB channel.

BEVERLY HILLS: Genius Brands International has tied up with Spirit Halloween to launch a direct-to-retail licensing program for the music-themed tween property SpacePOP in North America.