Following the merger of Banijay Group and Zodiak Media, the CEO is working with producers across the group while furthering relationships with third-party producers.

VANCOUVER: BBC Worldwide has licensed a slew of content to Latin American VOD service Qubit.tv, including dramas such as Life on Mars and Wallander.

LAS VEGAS: Mondo TV is working with co-production partner Aurora World to introduce YooHoo & Friends and Cuby Zoo to the international market at Licensing Expo.

TORONTO: The newly commissioned fifth season of Space's original series Orphan Black will be its last.

LOS ANGELES: Sonar Entertainment has entered into a first-look deal with Smokehouse Pictures, founded by George Clooney and Grant Heslov, and the first project under the new arrangement will be a drama series with Making a Murderer filmmakers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos.

BUDAPEST/LA ROCHELLE: Brand-new episodes of Suburbia: Women on the Edge are part of ORF-Enterprise’s NATPE Budapest and Sunny Side of the Doc slates.

LONDON: Actress Janeane Garofalo has been cast in a recurring guest role on TNT and E4’s upcoming new series Foreign Bodies.

PARIS: KABO International has snapped up the global distribution rights outside of Canada for the scripted comedy formats Dumped! and Adam & Eve from Canadian producer Avanti Ciné Vidéo.

BEIJING: China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television is placing new restrictions on the imports of foreign formats in a bid to encourage local creativity.

LOS ANGELES: The third season finale of Penny Dreadful marked the conclusion of the BAFTA-winning show on Showtime.