TORONTO: CBC has renewed the comedy series Kim’s Convenience for a 13-episode sophomore season.

NEW YORK: A+E Networks has picked up a stake in Korea's IHQ and has acquired two local channels in the territory that will be rebranded as HISTORY and Lifetime next year.

AMSTERDAM: The new drama series Stuck is slated to launch on Dutch public television next month, airing on NPO 1.

LOS ANGELES: Bob Bakish, Viacom's CEO, and Nancy Dubuc, the president and CEO of A+E Networks, are lined up to deliver keynote addresses as part of the agenda for NATPE Miami 2017.

LOS ANGELES: Game of Thrones has again taken the top spot as the most-downloaded TV show through BitTorrent, for the fifth year in a row, according to TorrentFreak.

MUMBAI: Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL) has launched a new celebrity chat show titled Starry Nights exclusively for international territories.

SILVER SPRING: Former ABC executive Jason Sarlanis has joined TLC as the senior VP of development.

LONDON: DHX Media-owned WildBrain, an online children's network, has entered into an agreement with Turner International to manage a selection of Turner Kids’ YouTube channels in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and Latin America.

LONDON: Jim Sturgess (One Day, 21) and Agyness Deyn (Sunset Song) will lead the new six-hour drama Hard Sun, which comes from Luther creator Neil Cross.

JERUSALEM: The fourth edition of Keshet's Innovative TV Conference (INTV) will feature a speaker lineup that includes CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker and Fox Television Group Co-Chairman and CEO Dana Walden, among others.