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Tele München Group (TMG) has landed new agreements with a range of distributors for the event series The Name of the Rose, based on Umberto Eco’s worldwide bestseller.

Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired a majority stake in the British factual producer Whizz Kid Entertainment.

Entertainment One (eOne) has appointed Alpha Group as the master toy partner for the popular preschool brand PJ Masks in China.

Endemol Shine Group has entered into a co-development partnership with Chinese VOD service Youku to create and produce two new original series for China this year.

Seven Network in Australia has picked up the format and finished version of Spun Gold Television’s The Real Full Monty from all3media international.

Of all the new programs that launched in Latin America last month, Orgulho e Paixão on TV Globo in Brazil stirred up the most buzz on social media, according to The WIT.

Entertainment One (eOne) has licensed the crime procedural The Detail and the drama series Designated Survivor to Channel 5 in the U.K.

Inter Medya has signed a package agreement that will see six Turkish feature films airing on Spanish-language movie channel Cine Latino.

Kate Phillips, the controller of BBC Entertainment, was interviewed by Endemol Shine Group’s CEO of creative networks, Lisa Perrin, at MIPFormats, where she discussed her content remit and the challenges and opportunities in the sector.

Barcroft Media and TCB Media Rights have entered into a co-production deal that sees the distributor acquire the worldwide rights to sell a new long-form TV series based on the popular digital show Extreme Love.