UKTV has appointed Philippa Collie Cousins, the BAFTA Award-winning director behind The Deadness of Dad, as its first dedicated drama commissioner.

Starz has greenlit the half-hour comedy series Now Apocalypse, created by Gregg Araki (Kaboom, Mysterious Skin), who will executive produce alongside Steven Soderbergh (Logan Lucky, The Knick).

Entertainment One (eOne) is kicking off the launch of Peppa Pig merchandise in Japan with an exclusive themed pop-up store in Tokyo.

all3media international has secured a host of deals in more than 60 territories for the adventure series Escape, produced by Maverick TV.

DISCOP and ONGEA! Africa are presenting a new sidebar program, DISCORE, which will launch as a panel discussion at the Kalasha International TV & Film Market.

Playground has secured the film and TV rights to Imogen Hermes Gowar’s best-selling debut novel The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock.

The content library of Viacom18/IndiaCast Media Distribution boasts more than 35,000 hours of programming from its channels that spread across genres such as general entertainment, music, youth and lifestyle, news and infotainment in multiple languages.

Viewers gain insight into secret graves, death ships, missing castles and more in Vikings: The Lost Realm, presented by TCB Media Rights.

SPI International/FILMBOX has launched the FilmBox Art House channel on Ålcom, an IPTV/OTT service in Finland.

The Japanese actor Kazuki Kitamura (Godzilla: Final Wars, Kill Bill: Volumes 1 & 2) and Malaysian actor Bront Palarae (Halfworlds, Satan’s Slave) will be starring in HBO Asia’s new horror anthology series Folklore.