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LONDON: Horror Channel will soon become the exclusive U.K. broadcaster for Star Trek: The Original Series.

PARIS: Federation Entertainment and Authentic Prod are teaming up to adapt Michel Bussi’s novel Le Temps est Assassin (Time is a Killer) for television.

LONDON: Viasat World has locked in deals with both NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Television, bringing the dramas House of Cards and Blacklist: Redemption, among others, to the international pay-TV broadcaster.

MIAMI: SOMOS Distribution has closed a deal for the exclusive rights in the U.S. Hispanic market for the Greek series Stolen Dreams, which is currently airing in its fifth season on the Mega channel in Greece.

UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) and YouTube have announced the start of production on the pilot for the action thriller Impulse, based on the Jumper book series.

LOS ANGELES: Julia Roberts has signed on to star in an upcoming limited series based on Maria Semple's book Today Will Be Different.

LONDON: Jane Featherstone's Sister Pictures has optioned the TV rights for the novel The Power, written by Naomi Alderman.

SANTA MONICA: Skydance Media has entered into an exclusive, multiyear overall deal with writer-producer Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar, Shutter Island, Terminator Genisys) for TV production.

STOCKHOLM/ISTANBUL: Eccho Rights has announced two new deals on the Turkish drama series Elif, which has now been sold into 16 territories globally.

LOS ANGELES: IM Global Television has made an equity investment in the first season of the Entertainment One (eOne) series ICE.