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Mattel has revealed that the CGI film Thomas & Friends: The Great Race is slated to premiere this week in cinemas across China, where it will feature the property's first Chinese character.

KABO International has secured worldwide distribution rights—outside of Canada and France—for On Duty 24/7 and Solved! Forensic Police Files, both produced by Avanti Ciné Vidéo.

Sinking Ship Entertainment has inked a deal for Annedroids with Amazon, bringing the series into every territory across the globe.

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a minority stake in Stolen Picture, the new production banner founded by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, and signed an exclusive TV distribution deal.

Guru Studio and Jetpack Distribution have inked broadcast deals with Super RTL in Germany and Turner's Cartoonito in Italy for the third season of the animated preschool series Justin Time.

DCD Rights has inked a multi-territory deal with SundanceTV Global for the new contemporary thriller Romper Stomper, which picks up from Geoffrey Wright's 1992 classic film.

British broadcaster ITV has commissioned the new drama Manhunt, based on the memoirs of former London Metropolitan police detective DCI Colin Sutton.

Sesame Workshop and Procter & Gamble (P&G) are collaborating on a new public advocacy campaign to address gender stereotypes and social norms that prevent girls from accessing education and following their dreams.

HBO has renewed the drama series The Deuce, which comes from George Pelecanos and David Simon, who previously collaborated on The Wire and Treme, for a second season.

Companies operating in the Asia-Pacific's pay-TV industry are stepping up their efforts to integrate online video into their offerings and focusing in on premium content as they face a new wave of competition, Media Partners Asia says in its new report.