Joel Marino

BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s Telefe has partnered with Diego Maradona to produce a scripted series based on the life of the famous soccer player.

BOGOTÁ: Caracol Internacional’s series The White Slave continues to sell around the world, with new pickups announced in Slovenia and Afghanistan.

LOS ANGELES: Actor Tom Selleck has inked a deal to continue his role as New York City Police Commissioner Frank Reagan on the seventh season of CBS’s Blue Bloods.

MIAMI: The Brazilian series The Ten Commandments, which is based on the Bible story of Moses, has landed on the U.S. Hispanic network UniMás.

MUNICH: Netflix has secured the rights for the drama NSU German History X, which will be available starting tomorrow as an original series in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Ireland, Australia and New Zealand.

LONDON: UKTV has picked up the Bible-inspired scripted series The Red Tent for its Drama channel, where it’s set to air early next year.

STOCKHOLM: Eccho Rights has licensed a pair of Turkish dramas into Western Europe, among them Cherry Season to Mediaset in Italy.

Europe’s ever-growing demand for scripted titles is opening up new opportunities for Turkish and Latin fare across the continent.

BURBANK: FremantleMedia North America (FMNA) has announced a lineup of licensing partners for the upcoming TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s contemporary fantasy novel American Gods, debuting next year on Starz.

BOGOTÁ: Netflix has signed a licensing agreement for two in-development series from Colombia’s Caracol Televisión, including a Pablo Escobar drama.