DUBAI: The streaming service icflix has entered into a strategic partnership with Orange to bring a range of content to mobile customers in Egypt.

Arabelle Pouliot-Di Crescenzo, the company's managing director, talks about a trio of futuristic shows featuring VR.

LOS ANGELES: Discovery Channel has elevated Craig Coffman to senior VP of production and development for motor content.

ATLANTA: Time Warner's Turner and Warner Bros. have teamed up for a new standalone domestic premium video subscription service called Boomerang that is slated to become available in the U.S. this spring.

LONDON: UKTV's premium entertainment channel W has commissioned a brand-new series hosted by Davina McCall.

NEW YORK: Of all the new programs that launched globally in February, TRT's Payitaht Abdülhamid (The Last Emperor) stirred up the most buzz on social media, according to The WIT.

MILAN: Viacom International Media Networks Africa, Nickelodeon Viacom Consumer Products and Character Licensing & Marketing (CLM) South Africa are prepping a consumer products rollout for the preschool series Shimmer and Shine in South Africa that will launch this summer.

LOS ANGELES: Freeform is making its new series Famous In Love available across digital platforms simultaneously with the linear TV premiere.

TORONTO/DUBLIN: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Broadcast Authority of Ireland (BAI) have invested C$170,000 ($126,242) to support the co-development of audiovisual content under the Canada-Ireland Co-development Incentive for Audio-Visual Projects.

LONDON: STUDIOCANAL is gearing up for MIPTV with a new slate of prime-time dramas to deliver for international buyers, including Ride Upon the Storm.