LONDON: BBC Three has ordered a further two seasons of the comedy Cuckoo from Roughcut TV.

LONDON: Sky is expanding the content offering of its mobile TV streaming service Sky Go with the addition of titles from E! Entertainment Television, Syfy and Universal Channel to its catch-up section.

CANNES: Globo's telenovela Boogie Oogie, which is set in the disco era, has been licensed by the Canadian broadcaster Omni.

LONDON: Turner Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) has elevated Tarek Mounir to VP and general manager for Turkey, the Middle East, North Africa, Greece and Cyprus.

LONDON: Filming has begun in South Africa on a Call the Midwife Christmas special for 2016, alongside eight new episodes of the series to come in 2017.

LONDON: ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has inked an exclusive first-look output deal with the factual producer World Media Rights (WMR), which is behind such shows as Animal Black Ops.

LOS ANGELES: Tara Long, the executive VP of U.S. alternative programming at Entertainment One (eOne) Television, has inked a new long-term deal with the company.

For the first time in six years, Netflix has surpassed HBO in having the "best original programming," according to a survey by Morgan Stanley. The percentage of the survey population picking Netflix as best in original programming increased from 23 percent last year to 29 percent this year, moving the service ahead of HBO, which came in second at 18 percent.

​​LOS ANGELES/ULAANBAATAR: CBS Studios International has licensed the America's Next Top Model format for its first-ever version in Mongolia.

SINGAPORE: Experiential edutainment brand KidZania Singapore is launching the Nickelodeon Acting Academy and Theatre as part of the interactive kids’ city’s official opening in Sentosa today.