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ISTANBUL: Joining the Global Agency catalogue in time for MIPTV is the prime-time drama Magnificent Century (Muhtesem Yuzyil), currently airing on Show TV in Turkey. Produced by TIMS Productions, the 23×90-minute series is about Suleiman the Magnificent, the sultan who …

MIAMI: Telemundo’s bilingual cable network, mun2, is working with Telemundo Studios on a show that is being billed as a "dramela"—a dramatic series with its roots in the novela genre. RPM Miami is a 13-episode series that is slated to …

LONDON: ProSiebenSat.1’s Red Arrow Entertainment has picked up a 51-percent interest in The Mob Film Co., the transatlantic production company whose credits include the Terry Pratchett Discworld adaptations and the documentary In the Land of the Free. The Mob Film …

LONDON/ABU DHABI: Driver Dan’s Story Train, a preschool series from 3Line Media in association with twofour54, heads into MIPTV with the momentum of a recommission from CBeebies. The show’s companion website recently received an award. The series itself was shortlisted in …

LONDON: Impossible? is a new game show from GroupM Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television’s 2waytraffic that features a high-stakes battle of wits between contestants and a professional illusionist. The series, created by Gogglebox Entertainment and co-produced with GroupM, has been …

LONDON: The new Italian unscripted entertainment channel You & Me, which launches on SKY Italia next month, has scooped up more than 150 hours of content from Zodiak Rights. The package includes four seasons of Channel 4’s Faking It, seasons …

LONDON: The game-show format Faces leads off the Banijay International slate for MIPTV, where the company will present a completed pilot to international buyers. Produced by Solar Television of Finland, Faces is a celebrity quiz show that features questions and …

TORONTO: Production has wrapped on From Spain with Love: with Annie Sibboney, the first series from Shaftesbury’s newly launched factual-entertainment division. The 13×30-minute series explores the diverse culinary culture of Spain through the eyes of host Annie Sibboney. The series …

LOS ANGELES: FX has given a 13-episode third-season order to Justified, produced by Sony Pictures Television and starring Timothy Olyphant and Walton Goggins. From FX Productions and Sony Pictures Television, the show is currently in its second season, averaging 3.9 million …

NEW YORK: A second season has been ordered for Starz Digital Media’s How It Should Have Ended, with the franchise expanding into the video-game genre in its new iteration. The series of online video spoofs parody the endings of popular …