LOS ANGELES: Skybound Entertainment, led by Robert Kirkman and David Alpert, along with business partner Jon Goldman, is expanding its business with the launch of an office in Vancouver.

LONDON: Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products (FCP) has secured new licensing deals and partnerships for the Ice Age film franchise around the world.

CANNES: From Pau Freixas, creator of The Red Band Society, comes the crime drama I Know Who You Are.

NEW YORK/PARIS: Laurine Garaude, the director of the television division at Reed MIDEM, tells World Screen Newsflash that more than 14,000 delegates are expected at MIPCOM this year, including a record number of buyers, with close to 5,000 anticipated on site.

CANNES: The daily live-action series Paris Opera is being promoted by Federation Kids & Family for international buyers at the market.

PARIS: Federation Entertainment has inked a deal with Canadian producer Encore Télévision for the new thriller series Premonitions, acquiring worldwide distribution rights outside of French-speaking Canada for the title.

CANNES: The new game show 5 Golden Rings, which comes from Talpa and the ITV Studios label Possessed, promises interactivity and cross-platform engagement.

CANNES: A ratings success in Asia, ManBirth is a new social-experiment format on offer from Keshet International (KI) in which soon-to-be fathers get the opportunity to go through the mental and physical challenges their partners experience during pregnancy.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment is heading to MIPCOM with a lineup featuring real-life crime titles, docuseries and other factual programs, including WALT: The Man Behind the Myth.

MUNICH: Mediaset España has acquired the free-TV rights for the Spanish market to the four-hour miniseries Neanderthals from TM International.