LONDON: The new web series So Sammy, co-created by comedian Miranda Hart, will premiere February 18 on the Disney Channel app, marking the first-ever series produced exclusively for that digital platform.

LOS ANGELES: Jonathan South has been named senior VP and head of Europe at Electus International.

LOS ANGELES: Keshet Studios is set to produce a trio of new pilots for three separate U.S. networks.

NEW YORK: Univision Communications Inc. (UCI) will be live-streaming select matches from Liga MX in English through Facebook Live this season.

STOCKHOLM: Eccho Rights has licensed Ay Yapim's hit drama series Insider (Icerde) into six additional countries.

MIAMI: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Jerusalem Film Fund of the Jerusalem Development Authority (JDA) are launching an initiative to support co-development and co-production of audiovisual content between Canadian and Israeli producers operating in Jerusalem.

LONDON: Benedict Cumberbatch is starring in and executive producing an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s The Child In Time for BBC One and Masterpiece.

NEW YORK: AMC Networks International (AMCNI) has secured several distribution deals that will see its channels launch with pay-TV operators in Latin America, Europe and beyond.

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has secured five new commissions for its production bases in the Nordics, France and Germany.

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