Kristin Brzoznowski

KUALA LUMPUR: Emerald City, a new reimagining of L. Frank Baum's The Wizard of Oz, has been licensed by the internet TV service iflix for viewers across Southeast Asia.

LONDON: The U.K. streaming service Walter Presents, dedicated to foreign-language dramas, is planning to launch in the U.S. this March.

LONDON: Peter Capaldi has announced that he will leave Doctor Who following the upcoming tenth season.

LONDON: Sky Vision has clinched a U.S. deal for the Sky 1 drama Hooten & The Lady, which is set to air on The CW.

LONDON: Midnight Sun and Harlan Coben's The Five are headed to Africa's M-Net.

STOCKHOLM: MTG Studios has commissioned a new ten-part suspense thriller, The Lawyer, which will premiere exclusively on the Nordic video streaming service Viaplay and on TV3 in Sweden and Denmark.

LONDON: Mammoth Screen’s detective drama Endeavour has been recommissioned for a fifth season on ITV.

LOS ANGELES: Amazon Studios has hired 13-year Fox veteran Sharon Tal Yguado to head up its foray into event series.

BEVERLY HILLS: The second installment of the Starz limited series The Girlfriend Experience will feature two parallel story lines, breaking last season's format.

LOS ANGELES: Netflix and Lionsgate have sealed a worldwide SVOD deal for the Oprah Winfrey drama Greenleaf, set against the backdrop of a sprawling Memphis megachurch.