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Hidden Pigeon Company has extended its partnership with Union Square & Co. with a new ten-year deal to develop a wide range of licensed books featuring Mo Willems’ characters.

BBC Factual and BBC Scotland have commissioned the competitive format Race Against the Tide, to be hosted by comedian Iain Stirling.

Nicole Morganti, head of originals for Southern Europe at Amazon MGM Studios, and Thomas Dubois, head of French and Japanese originals, took part in a Series Mania Forum session this morning, moderated by World Screen’s Kristin Brzoznowski, to discuss Prime Video’s international content strategy and how its local original content is playing into this.

Series Mania has awarded its third annual best marketing initiative prize to the second season of HBO and Max’s House of the Dragon.

Global Agency has licensed its drama Red Roses to OBN in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the CIS region.

The first African adaptation of Two Brothers Pictures’ Liar is slated to premiere in early April on a pan-African streamer followed by local terrestrial broadcasts, beginning on BTV.

France’s Union Syndicale de la Production Audiovisuelle (USPA) and the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) have unveiled a joint delegation of producers from both countries that will participate in a dedicated mission to explore co-production opportunities for drama and documentary projects.

The comedy romance Tokyo Crush, from France and Japan, has won the Series Mania Forum best project award at the Co-Pro Pitching Sessions.

10 Years of Darkness: ISIS & The Yazidis is slated to premiere on Sky News on May 2.

Wildlife conservationist Jeff Corwin and Josh Fox, founder of The Brady Hunter Foundation, talk to World Screen Newsflash about highlighting the impact everyday people can have on the world through advocacy, conservation, youth empowerment and more in Extraordinary World.