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France Télévisions is joining forces with RAI in Italy and ZDF in Germany to launch a European production pool that will finance series.

The dark comedy Queen America, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, has been given a straight-to-series order by Facebook's new video platform Facebook Watch.

Bad Robot has struck a multiyear deal to develop and co-produce premium docuseries with documentarian Glen Zipper.

Endemol Shine Group has scored the first international deal for the U.K. factual-entertainment format Tough Old Landlords.

HARI International has licensed the animated series Pipas & Douglas to China's Alibaba, which will also handle the property's merchandising rights in the country, for a release on Youku.

Broadcasters and platforms are eager for shows that successfully incorporate science, technology, engineering, arts and math.

Léonis and Artists Studio have aligned with DoveTale to develop a new miniseries, Faceless.

FOX Sports has inked a deal to license the popular football media brand and platform FourFourTwo in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand.

AB International Distribution has sold the French rights for Babylon Berlin to Canal+.

Leslie Moonves, chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation, touted the company's ability to monetize content "now and in the future" as it posted revenues of $3.8 billion in the first quarter, a 13-percent gain.