HALIFAX: Disney Channel is on board to air DHX Media’s original drama Backstage across its feeds in Europe, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, Africa and the U.S.

LONDON: Channel One in Russia is among the broadcasters to have picked up Andrew Davies's adaptation of War and Peace from BBC Worldwide.

LONDON: Shine TV has promoted two in-house executive producers to senior roles, bolstering its popular factual and features teams.

LONDON: CBeebies has signed on as the primary broadcaster for the animated series Dog Loves Books.

SEATTLE: Mozart in the Jungle is getting a third season on Amazon, continuing the story of the talented musicians who perform and live with passion under the baton of their spirited conductor, best known simply as Rodrigo.

OSLO: Canal Digital and Turner have agreed to new terms of a distribution partnership that covers all Nordic countries.

TORONTO: 9 Story Media Group is working with Netflix and Scholastic to produce the previously announced new version of The Magic School Bus.

HILVERSUM: AP&J Production Company in Thailand has acquired format rights for Talpa’s I Love My Country.

BURBANK: ABC has revealed details for an all-new original Frozen holiday special from Walt Disney Animation Studios.

MIAMI/ARLINGTON: Public Media Distribution has launched SkipRope, a new label created for the release of children's programming on DVD and digital.