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Blumhouse Television is developing a series based on The Purge franchise that will air on USA Network and its sister channel Syfy.

BritBox, the new SVOD service from BBC Worldwide and ITV, has become the exclusive U.S. streaming home for the Classic Doctor Who catalog, which will be chronologically organized by Doctor.

ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) has secured a slew of new drama sales across EMEA, including several deals for Victoria.

CBC has greenlit Frankie Drake, a tentatively titled original detective series starring Lauren Lee Smith (This Life, The Listener).

Kanal D and Mega have entered into a co-production and co-development deal to collaborate on film, TV and other production opportunities.

The German-Italian co-pro Maltese was screened in Cannes following a panel discussion, moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati, featuring execs from ZDFE, Palomar, Rai Fiction and Maze Pictures, and star Rike Schmid.

Former Sony Chairman Sir Howard Stringer has partnered with DRG's Jeremy Fox and MTG's Jakob Mejlhede to launch Atrium TV, which will be dedicated to creating premium drama for regional OTT players and telcos.

Two separate deals have been signed by STUDIOCANAL that will see Harlan Coben's original drama The Five airing on both pay TV and free TV in Germany.

Canal+ Group has acquired the ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) dramas Fearless and Bancroft for its free-to-air channel C8.

Shooting on the crime thriller Arctic Circle, a co-production between Yellow Film & TV and Bavaria Fernsehproduktion, is set to begin in the Finnish Lapland toward the end of 2017, with YLE having taken free-TV rights for the series.