Kristin Brzoznowski

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has struck up a three-year co-development and co-production deal with film producer Nisha Parti, who will be working on scripted dramas for network, cable and streaming platforms.

The Finnish streamer Elisa Viihde has commissioned Man in Room 301, to be produced by Warner Bros. Television Finland and Wall to Wall Media.

Dynamic Television has acquired the worldwide distribution rights for the new SYFY live-action series Vagrant Queen.

Fremantle and the award-winning producer Richard Brown have entered into an exclusive multiyear deal with Brown’s newly formed production company Passenger.

Nordisk Film TV Sweden is working on the production of Ture Sventon och Bermudtriangelns hemlighet (Ture Sventon and the Secret of the Bermuda Triangle) for TV4 and C More.

Starz has renewed its original series Vida, from Tanya Saracho (How to Get Away with Murder, Looking, Girls), for a third season.

Netflix has optioned a trio of novels from the best-selling YA author Sarah Dessen: Along for the Ride, This Lullaby and Once and For All.

Hulu is going straight to series with Normal People, adapted from Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel from Element Pictures, in association with BBC Three.

Asylum Entertainment Group has established Clovis Entertainment, which will exclusively develop and produce one-hour drama series.

MISTCO has licensed the romantic drama series Hold My Hand in Romania, where Happy TV will launch the show next month.