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Barclays Corporate Banking has increased the size of its SVOD fund for British TV producers to £200 million ($256 million).

Cori Abraham, the senior VP of development, production and international at Oxygen Media, sat down with World Screen Newsflash to discuss the network’s programming filter and highlight some of the channel’s recent successes as well as what’s in the development pipeline.

Acorn TV has picked up the U.S. rights to My Life is Murder, the new Network Ten drama starring Lucy Lawless.

Entertainment One revenues dipped by 2 percent to £405 million ($518 million) for the first half of the year, as strong growth in its Family & Brands division was offset by lower results from the Film & Television segment.

How to Holiday with Jordin Sparks and Friends, executive produced and developed by Kin, is slated to air on Corus Entertainment’s Food Network Canada next month.

Science Channel is debuting a four-part series about the legendary illusionist Harry Houdini early next year.

PBS Distribution has appointed Jen Robertson as VP of marketing, a newly created role at the company.

Woodcut Media is producing the new documentary series The Killer in My Family (My Deadly Relation) for broadcast on UKTV's Really early next year.

Later this year, Netflix is scheduled to begin streaming The Innocent Man, a six-part documentary series based on the book penned by John Grisham.

Investigation Discovery (ID) is due to debut the three-part limited series Deadly Legacy early next month.