TEL AVIV: Banijay Studios North America has acquired Armoza Formats’s studio-based challenge game show Double or Nothing, developed in partnership with Studio Glam, for the U.S.

NEW YORK: The digital editions of the World Screen Guide and the TV Formats Guide are now available.

OTTAWA: CBC is moving forward on The Council (working title), a thriller set within a remote Canadian Arctic town from Emmy Award-winning showrunner and writer René Balcer (Law & Order: Criminal Intent).

LONDON: Sky is debuting a brand-new sports channel, Sky Sports Mix, bringing a range of sporting events to all its TV customers in the U.K. and Ireland at no extra cost.

HONG KONG: Turner Asia Pacific’s Korean entertainment channel Oh!K has expanded into Indonesia via the Tribe OTT service.

CANNES: World Screen’s Anna Carugati is moderating a session at MIPFormats entitled New Creative Boom in the U.S., which will spotlight 60 Days In and Lip Sync Battle.

Economic woes and market maturity will result in slowing growth for pay-TV revenues and subscribers in Latin America, according to Digital TV Research. Pay-TV revenues are expected to rise by 9 percent between 2015 and 2021.

LONDON: UKTV's Dave has bolstered its entertainment slate with the commission of Dara Ó Briain's Go 8 Bit, based on the live Edinburgh show Go 8 Bit.

SYDNEY: Foxtel's CEO, Richard Freudenstein, is stepping down from the company after four and a half years, to be succeeded by News Corp Australia CEO Peter Tonagh.

LONDON: Discovery Communications has inked a TV and multiplatform broadcast agreement with NOS in the Netherlands regarding the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games.