MUNICH: Red Arrow International has picked up the distribution rights for the Russian-made drama series Mata Hari, which it will launch with an English-language version at MIPCOM.

BURBANK: Next month, Disney Channel is scheduled to kick off a multiplatform programming event to commemorate the network's 100th original movie.

NEW YORK: BET presented a range of scripted and unscripted originals coming to the network later this year, including the anthology series Tales, from executive producer Irv Gotti Lorenzo.

SAN FRANCISCO: Discovery Digital Networks has hired Nathan Brown, a digital and production exec, as its senior VP of development and operations.

LONDON: A number of broadcasters in Europe have snapped up the rights for the two-hour event Shakespeare Live! From the RSC from BBC Worldwide.

LOS ANGELES: Fullscreen, which is launching its SVOD platform tomorrow, has partnered with best-selling author and screenwriter Bret Easton Ellis for his directorial debut on a new series, The Deleted.

LONDON: A+E Networks UK has inked a new carriage deal with BT TV, which includes the long-term availability of the HISTORY, H2, Lifetime and Crime + Investigation networks on the platform.

LONDON: Justin Bodle and Remy Blumenfeld have put forth £3 million ($4.3 million) to establish a new creative incubator, The Hot House.

HANOI: K+ Satellite Digital Television has signed a new deal with MP & Silva for the broadcast rights to the English Premier League in Vietnam.

NEW YORK: World Screen Newsflash met with Jason Priestley and Cindy Sampson to discuss their on-screen dynamic in Private Eyes and what attracted them to the series.