Kristin Brzoznowski

ITV Studios has purchased a majority stake in World Productions, which is behind the hit drama Line of Duty.

Paramount Television and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to 11 books from Anne Rice's best-selling series The Vampire Chronicles.

ION Television has signed an agreement with Entertainment One (eOne) for the exclusive U.S. TV rights for current and future seasons of the procedural crime drama The Detail.

Acorn TV has unveiled the lineup of exclusive U.S. premieres coming to the streaming service in June, among them the British crime drama Loch Ness.

HBO Europe is moving forward with its original drama strategy in the Adria region, having chosen two projects from local writers to develop further following its First Draft Contest.

Netflix has renewed the Mexican drama Ingobernable for a second season.

The new CBS All Access original The Good Fight has been licensed to HBO Nordic as well as to ZEE in two separate deals signed by CBS Studios International (CBSSI).

Dave Clarke, who until recently was the head of scripted acquisitions and co-production at ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE), is joining DRG.

Playground, the producer of such dramas as Wolf Hall, has optioned the rights to David Enrich’s new narrative nonfiction book The Spider Network: The Wild Story of a Math Genius, a Gang of Backstabbing Bankers, and One of the Greatest Scams in Financial History.

SPI International/FilmBox Channels Group has acquired the worldwide rights for the weekly drama New Beginnings from Insignia Productions.