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The California Film Commission (CFC) has awarded $58 million in tax credits to five television projects—one recurring show, a limited series and three new series—through its Film and Television Tax Credit Program.

Pressman Film, the independent film studio behind such titles as American Psycho, Wall Street, Badlands and The Crow, is building out its operations to include television development and production.

Jorge and Alberto Sánchez-Cabezudo on See You in Another Life, about the 11M terrorist attack in Madrid.

BBC Studios’ Beth Anderson, ITV Studios’ Graham Haigh and All3Media International’s Amanda Stevens will discuss how distributors with sizable catalogs are approaching the FAST space during the FAST Festival, which is being held from July 23 to 25. You can sign up for your free registration here.

American Public Television (APT) has acquired four titles from BBC Studios, including Mark Gatiss’s drama Ghost Stories, for syndication in the U.S. public television system.

A Rainha da Pérsia (The Queen of Persia), a new Brazilian version of the biblical telenovela A História de Ester, generated the most buzz on Instagram out of all the new series that made their debut in June, according to The WIT.

BBC Studios Productions is more closely aligning its U.K. and U.S. unscripted entertainment and scripted teams, while its Los Angeles Productions general manager, Valerie Bruce, exits the business at the end of the summer.

Lighthouse Studios (The Bob’s Burgers Movie, The Cuphead Show, Little Ellen) has promoted finance director Marc Jordan to the newly created position of chief financial officer.

Chris McGurk, chairman and CEO of Cineverse, is taking part in the FAST Festival, which is being held from July 23 to 25. You can sign up for your free registration here.

5X Media has tapped Madrid-based producer and manager Michael Kaufman to build and run its first European outpost.