Sara Alessi

LOS ANGELES: Lifetime, MarVista Entertainment and Pillar/Segan have begun production on the pilot Sea Change (working title), based on New York Times best-selling author Aimee Freidman’s YA novel of the same name.

LONDON: Studio Lambert has optioned the television rights to Scilly Police Sergeant Colin Taylor’s memoir from Jonathan Sissons at the Peters Fraser and Dunlop literary and talent agency.

LOS ANGELES: OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network has scheduled a fall debut for the new original drama series Queen Sugar.

SEATTLE/BEVERLY HILLS: Amazon and Starz Digital have inked a multi-territory content licensing pact that will see the limited series The Girlfriend Experience become available via Amazon Prime Video in the U.K., Germany, Austria and Japan.

MAINZ: ZDF Enterprises’s drama Ku’damm 56: Rebel with a Cause, which screened for the first time as part of the MIPDrama Screenings at MIPTV 2016, has drummed up interest from buyers across the globe.

CANNES: Content Television has secured a presale for its brand-new miniseries The Secret Agent, placing the drama in the U.S. through a deal with RLJ Entertainment’s Acorn brand.

MADRID/LONDON: Walter Presents has secured exclusive rights to the thriller Locked Up (Vis a Vis) from Imagina International Sales in its first Spanish acquisition.

CANNES: Montreal-based production and distribution company Reel One Entertainment and UP TV have inked an international development, production and distribution agreement that will see the entities create scripted content to air on the U.S. cable network.

CANNES: BBC Worldwide has secured presales for the eight-part drama The Collection, which is launching at MIPTV, in Sweden and Denmark.

LONDON: Endemol Shine Group will be heading to MIPTV 2016 with the three leads from its Turkish drama series Intersection.