TORONTO: Blue Ant International has entered into a multiyear distribution and production output deal that sees CMJ Productions II providing 39 hours of new unscripted content for Blue Ant Media annually.

LONDON: Turner is premiering the brand-new original series The Happos Family on Boomerang next month.

AMSTERDAM/MADRID: CBS Studios International has signed a licensing agreement with AMC Networks International Iberia for the CBS event series American Gothic.

LOS ANGELES: Sonar Entertainment has made a number of appointments in an expansion of its global sales team, including tapping former Lionsgate exec Carol Eymery to head up EMEA.

LONDON: The BBC's director-general, Tony Hall, has welcomed the newly drafted charter as an "opportunity to write the next chapter in the BBC’s history."

BRISTOL: As part of ESPN's wide-ranging multimedia deal with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), ESPN Caribbean has picked up the English-language rights to distribute UEFA events from 2018 to 2022 across its various platforms.

NEW YORK: A&E Network has greenlit a new unscripted series, tentatively titled Little Funny, which comes from executive producer Ellen DeGeneres.

SYDNEY: SLR Productions has optioned the rights to develop the book series Andy Roid, penned by Felice Arena and published by Penguin Books Australia, into an animated television show.

PREMIUM: Black Mirror creator and writer Charlie Brooker talks to World Screen Newsflash about what viewers can expect from season three of the dystopian drama with its move to Netflix, where it debuts next month.

TORONTO: Corus Entertainment has sold the Canadian lifestyle series Masters of Flip and Buying the View in a number of territories, and the docuseries Cheer Squad in Australia.