NEW YORK: Arabelle Pouliot-Di Crescenzo, the managing director of KABO International, spoke to World Screen Newsflash about growing the company’s format roster, the types of third-party titles she’s looking for and the overall appetite for scripted formats.

NEW YORK: Tom Hopper and Steven Waddington have been cast in HISTORY’s upcoming docudrama Barbarians Rising, which will also count on retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark and Rev. Jesse Jackson as contributors.

TORONTO: CTV has ordered the new crowd-sourced event broadcast Canada in a Day from Screen Siren Pictures to commemorate the country's 150th anniversary next year.

BRISTOL/NEW YORK: ESPN and Verizon Communications have settled their lawsuit regarding FiOS excluding the sports network from its skinny bundles.

NEW YORK: Fullscreen Inc. is rebranding as Fullscreen Media as part of a reorganization that will split the company into three divisions: Fullscreen Creator Network, Fullscreen Entertainment and Fullscreen Brandworks.

LONDON: Content Media Corporation has inked an exclusive first-look pact with producers Deadpan Pictures.

LONDON: Global multiplatform network Rightster is re-launching worldwide as Brave Bison.

BUDAPEST: AMC Networks International – Central Europe has acquired a package from Prime Entertainment Group that includes cinema-focused programs such as Hollywood’s Best Film Directors, among other titles.

European online advertising has surpassed TV, with a record annual spend of 36.2 billion euros ($41.4 billion) in 2015, according to IAB Europe. The report found marked growth in mobile and video adspend across all surveyed territories, with more than 30 billion euros ($35 billion) in spend added within the last decad

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment has been commissioned to produce seasons three and four of DOKI for Discovery Kids Latin America.