LONDON: ITV has commissioned a three-part drama that spotlights the life of English footballer Bobby Moore and his wife, Tina.

TORONTO/ROME: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Italian Directorate General for Cinema of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism have unveiled a financing package of C$200,000 ($149,000) for six co-productions under the Canada-Italy Co-development Incentive for Documentary Projects.

ISTANBUL: Buyers and distributors ducked into the International Convention and Exhibition Center this morning to avoid a cold winter’s rain as the latest edition of DISCOP Istanbul drew to a close.

BEVERLY HILLS: Ian McShane (Deadwood, Ray Donovan) has been cast as Mr. Wednesday in the upcoming TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s contemporary fantasy novel American Gods, which is produced by FremantleMedia North America for Starz.

LIMA: Pasiones, a pan-regional network dedicated to telenovelas and serialized dramas, is now available on Claro TV Satelital in Peru.

The U.K. independent production company's co-founder talks about the new iteration of Teletubbies.

BURBANK: Disney XD has greenlit two new original animated series, Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer and Country Club, from Disney Television Animation.

NEW YORK: A+E Networks has promoted Christopher Barry to the position of senior VP and head of finance and business planning for international and digital.

PARIS: MIPTV's 2016 Médailles d’Honneur will be awarded to Rola Bauer (TANDEM Productions, STUDIOCANAL), Punit Goenka and Amit Goenka (Zee Entertainment Enterprises), Ben Pyne (Disney Media Networks) and Marcel Vinay (Comarex).

BURBANK: An upcoming time-traveling episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, due to debut on Nickelodeon later this month, will feature characters from the original 1980s series.