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Sky Kids has commissioned a second season of the natural-history children's series Wild Files from Offspring Films.

Twofour Rights has expanded its distribution team with several promotions and appointments ahead of MIPCOM, including tapping Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) alum Marta Csizmadia as a sales executive.

Eccho Rights has sold the hit Ukrainian comedy Servant of the People into Korea, while the scripts have been optioned for a remake in France.

HBO Nordic has greenlit its first Scandinavian original series, Gösta (working title), written and directed by acclaimed Swedish filmmaker Lukas Moodysson.

AXN Central Europe has licensed five seasons of the police series Candice Renoir from Newen Distribution.

BBC Worldwide has inked a deal for the format Stupid Man, Smart Phone with Viacom18 Media in India for its VOD service.

Conspiracy of Silence is a brand-new original production from MTG Studios that will premiere in 2018 exclusively on MTG’s video-streaming service Viaplay and later on MTG’s free-TV channel TV3.

The September/Pre-MIPCOM digital edition of World Screen is now available, including a special report about how distributors are using new models to piece together the financing for high-end drama series.

The Story Lab, Dentsu Aegis Network’s entertainment content division, has hired former iflix exec Donovan Castillo-Mohlman as president for the Asia Pacific, effective immediately.

Warner TV has launched on Tribe in the Philippines and Indonesia for subscribers of the OTT service.