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CANNES: The historical miniseries Curse of the Diamonds, one of AFL Productions’s drama highlights at MIPTV, is based on a true story involving Russia, the U.K. and the U.S.

CANNES: Dori Media Group’s My Lovely Hope (Esperanza Mía) is a romantic comedy about the forbidden love between a priest and a woman who is passing off as a convent apprentice in her quest to avenge her mother’s death.

NEW YORK: Playbuzz, an online creation platform for quizzes, games, video and other content, has raised $15 million in new funding, led by Saban Ventures with participation from The Walt Disney Company.

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has greenlit nine series for its Discover channel on Snapchat across a range of formats, including animation, sketch, stand-up, reality television and late night.

CANNES: The series Brain Games has been a hit for National Geographic Channel in the U.S., and FOX is now licensing the format for local adaptations.

CANNES: From Oscar-winning director Paolo Sorrentino comes The Young Pope, a new drama starring Jude Law that FremantleMedia International is promoting.

CANNES: Having solidified its reputation as a supplier of successful Turkish dramas, ITV-Inter Medya is now ready to conquer the format arena with titles such as Join Instant.

CANNES: With the high-stakes singing talent show The Legend, Global Agency believes it has found “the next big thing, a format that the industry has been waiting for for a long time,” says Umay Ayaz, the company’s head of acquisitions.

CANNES: Seven innocent people volunteer to go undercover in a U.S. jail, exposing what life is like behind bars in A+E Networks’s new docuseries 60 Days In, which the company is presenting at MIPTV.

LOS ANGELES: Novovision recently launched two separate entities that will be dedicated to the virtual reality (VR) industry.