AMSTERDAM: Endemol Shine Group has entered into a production pact with IMAGIC in the Middle East as it restructures its business in the region.

The Japanese horror/drama Crow’s Blood, which marks Miramax’s first Asian series, stars two members of the hit J-pop group AKB48.

The waters of the Caribbean islands are explored in Wild Caribbean: Rhythms of Life, one of ORF-Enterprise’s MIPTV highlights.

Twofour Group has established Natural, a new factual-entertainment label that will be led by former NBCUniversal executive Alan Brown, who joins the company this month as the unit’s creative director.

Brazil Independent Audiovisual (BRAVI), in cooperation with the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (Apex-Brasil), has reaffirmed its co-production agreement with the U.K.

Liberty Global's UPC Romania has teamed up with Ownzones Media Network (OMN) to launch the Ownzones Passport Romania premium app.

Smithsonian Channel has ordered a new five-hour series from Arrow Media that colorizes a century of black-and-white footage to show America's history.

Execs from ZDFE, NHNZ, PBS, CCTV9, ARTE France and ZDF weighed in on co-pros in a MIPDoc keynote superpanel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati ahead of the premiere of the blue-chip series Big Pacific.

Dori Media Group has licensed the shiny-floor game-show format Best of All to TV Azteca in Mexico.

FremantleMedia has scored five new commissions for the factual reality format The Lie Detective, which debuted on Channel 4 in the U.K. last year.