Kristin Brzoznowski

MAINZ: Mirela Nastase has joined ZDF Enterprises as director of ZDFE.drama, responsible for the sale of drama programs in French-speaking territories.

LONDON: To mark the 80th birthday of Andrew Davies (War and Peace, Pride and Prejudice, House of Cards), BBC Store has made a collection of nine previously unreleased works from the acclaimed screenwriter available for download.

PREMIUM: Black Mirror creator and writer Charlie Brooker talks to World Screen Newsflash about what viewers can expect from season three of the dystopian drama with its move to Netflix, where it debuts next month.

STOCKHOLM/ISTANBUL: Eccho Rights has secured an exclusive package deal with Turkish drama producer Ay Yapim.

LOS ANGELES: Syfy has given pilot pickups to three projects from Universal Cable Productions, including a remake of the feature film The Machine.

LONDON: Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films is developing a new drama series with writer-producer Stephen Schiff (The Americans), producer Marc Shmuger and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney.

LOS ANGELES: Spike Lee's debut independent movie She's Gotta Have It is being adapted as a ten-episode series for Netflix that the filmmaker himself will direct in its entirety.

NEW YORK: CBS All Access has pushed the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery to May 2017.

AMSTERDAM/MADRID: CBS Studios International has signed a licensing agreement with AMC Networks International Iberia for the CBS event series American Gothic.

LOS ANGELES: RVK Studios, Icelandic national broadcaster RUV and Dynamic Television have announced a season-two commission for the crime series Trapped.