Kristin Brzoznowski

Banijay Rights has inked its first deal on Germinal, based on Émile Zola’s classic 19th-century novel, with the French-Canadian network Radio-Canada.

The Spanish-language U.S. channel Pasiones has added to its lineup the Turkish drama Melek.

A+E Studios has struck up a new multiyear overall development and production deal with Ross Fineman (Big Sky, The Lincoln Lawyer).

Netflix has ordered two more seasons of Virgin River, a romantic drama about a nurse practitioner who moves from L.A. to a remote northern California town.

Vicente Fernández is collaborating with Caracol Televisión to produce a series based on his life story.

Peacock has ordered the limited drama thriller series Last Light, which will see Matthew Fox (Lost) starring opposite Joanne Froggatt (Liar, Downton Abbey).

Netflix has lined up the new original series Jigsaw, which counts Ridley Scott among its executive producers and Giancarlo Esposito among its cast.

Kanal D Drama’s standalone SVOD app, dedicated exclusively to Turkish dramas dubbed in Spanish, has launched for users in Latin America, the U.S. and Spain.

Marking its first fiction option, HiddenLight has acquired the film and TV rights to the Maisie Dobbs books written by best-selling author Jacqueline Winspear.

Cineflix Rights has signed deals in Europe and Latin America for the Israeli police corruption drama Manayek.