TOKYO/LAS VEGAS: Bandai Namco Entertainment and Internet of Things startup and active gamification platform Moff have partnered for the U.S. launch of a gamified fitness app that incorporates the PAC-MAN franchise. The app, called PAC-MAN Powered by Moff, is being presented for the first time at this year’s International CES ...

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment has inked two new international broadcast deals for the real estate-themed unscripted shows Buying the View and Masters of Flip. Buying the View is headed to Digicast RCS MediaGroup’s Dove Channel in Italy. Masters of Flip was snapped up by Nine Entertainment for digital multichannel 9Life in ...

LOS ANGELES: Toon Goggles is set to launch its animated and live-action kids’ content for streaming on Philips smart TVs. Through the partnership, children’s shows such as Bernard, Monk and Canimals will be available on Philips smart and Android TVs around the world. The service will also offer Eddie is ...

TEL AVIV: International formats make up the bulk of Dori Media Group’s NATPE offering, led by the musical teen series Cata. The 115×1-hour series Cata follows a girl who helps twins from another dimension hide their identities. Another highlight is the romantic comedy Ciega a Citas, which has already been remade six ...

LOS ANGELES: HBO has renewed the Emmy-winning comedy series Girls for a sixth and final season, which is slated to begin airing next year. Created by and starring Lena Dunham, Girls centers on the lives of a group of women in their 20s. The cast also features Allison Williams, Jemima ...

LAS VEGAS: During Reed Hastings’s keynote at CES, the co-founder and CEO of Netflix unveiled that the service is now live in more than 190 countries and has added Arabic, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese to the 17 languages it ...

LONDON: All3Media has acquired the drama production company New Pictures, which is behind hits such as The Missing and Indian Summers. In addition to The Missing (BBC One and Starz) and Indian Summers (Channel 4 and WGBH), New Pictures has on its slate the thrillers Rellik and Requiem, which have ...

PASADENA: TV Land has placed a pair of comedy orders, for a third season of Younger from Darren Star and a pilot from Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone. Younger is returning for a 12-episode third season starring Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar, Nico Tortorella, Miriam Shor, Molly Bernard, Peter ...

PASADENA: A new anthology series exploring American cult personas is coming to A&E, in a partnership with Jake Gyllenhaal, Nine Stories Productions and A+E Studios.

NEW YORK: Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Bewkes has extended the term of his employment contract another three years, through 2020. Bewkes was named chairman and CEO in 2009, and prior to this was appointed president and CEO in ...