Sara Alessi

SYDNEY: Network Ten has expanded its broadcast agreement with Dorna Sports to air the motorcycle racing FIM World Championship, MotoGP, in 2017 and 2018.

NEW YORK: Maura Regan is joining The International Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association (LIMA) this month as executive VP.

LONDON: Hat Trick International has presold the final season of the Matt LeBlanc-fronted comedy series Episodes into 112 countries and landed a format deal for the unscripted show Whose Line is it Anyway?

NEW YORK: 21st Century Fox has appointed Paul Cheesbrough, who joins the company from News Corp, as chief technology officer.

CANNES: IM Global is gearing up for MIPCOM, where it is presenting new films, scripted co-productions and unscripted formats to international buyers.

BEVERLY HILLS/LONDON: Pippa Lambert, who previously ran ICM Partners’ London TV department, has joined WME as a senior television agent.

NEW YORK/TORONTO: CBC in Canada and Comedy Central in the U.S. have commissioned the new series Crawford, created by Mike Clattenburg (Trailer Park Boys, Black Jesus).

CANNES/TORONTO: 108 Media has secured global rights to live broadcasts of Kyokushin karate, a specialized Japanese form of martial arts.

TORONTO: Portfolio Entertainment is headed to MIPCOM with a slate of preschool, factual and lifestyle content, including So Smart!, a title intended for babies and toddlers.

SYDNEY: Brett Savill, formerly of PwC and BAI Communications, has been appointed as CEO of Free TV Australia, effective today.