BROOKLYN: In addition to renewing a number of its series, VICELAND has unveiled that it's making a foray into the daily late-night talk show arena with Desus & Mero.

LONDON: ProSiebenSat.1 Group has released new apps for each of its television channels in Germany through Zapp, Applicaster's app-publishing platform.

SYDNEY: The Australian government has reintroduced a media reform bill, which is facing another ten-week inquiry.

AUCKLAND: MediaWorks has partnered with music and entertainment content platform Vevo to become its exclusive premium video sales partner in New Zealand.

UNIVERSAL CITY: Syfy has given third seasons to the space action dramas Killjoys and Dark Matter, both of which are wrapping up their second runs on the network.

OTT video service adoption has increased 12 percent among U.S. broadband households since 2014, according to Parks Associates data. Parks Associates notes that adoption of OTT video subscriptions has increased by 12 percent since Q3 2014, with the number of available services and consumer awareness both increasing, despite password sharing growing by approximately 8 percent over that same time.

AMSTERDAM/COLOGNE: Endemol Shine Group has sold The Big Music Quiz into Germany, marking the third territory deal for the format.

MONACO: Next year's SPORTELAmerica is scheduled to take place in March and will once again be held at the JW Marriott Marquis in Miami.

COLOGNE: This year's Eurovision Young Musicians competition for classical musicians between the ages of 11 and 19 was won by Łukasz Dyczko, an 18-year-old saxophonist from Poland.

UNIVERSAL CITY: Former One Direction member Zayn Malik is working with Dick Wolf on a new drama for NBC that charts the formation of a hugely successful boy band and the pressure that follows.