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WARSAW: HBO Europe has begun production on two original drama series in Poland: the brand-new Blinded by the Lights and season two of Wataha.

LONDON: DRG has renewed its first-look deal with Three River Fiction for a further two years, and is looking for new co-production partners for dramas in development.

LONDON: The series Call The Midwife has landed a three-season renewal from the BBC, taking the characters' stories into the mid-1960s.

Nippon TV and MF Yapim execs discuss how the Japanese drama Mother became the Star TV Turkish hit Anne.

BURBANK: Legendary has reached a deal with the Frank Herbert estate for the rights to adapt the novel Dune for potential film and TV projects.

ATLANTA: TNT has ordered a pilot for Snowpiercer, based on the award-winning movie by Bong Joon Ho.

NEW YORK: BBC Worldwide North America has clinched a deal with Fathom Events that brings the Doctor Who Christmas special to theaters across the U.S. on December 27 and 28.

LOS ANGELES: The Sprocket Vault has acquired home video and VOD distribution rights in North America for the historical miniseries Mussolini: The Untold Story from BoPaul Media Worldwide.

STOCKHOLM: Swedish public broadcaster SVT has appointed Anna Croneman as its new program director for drama and film, effective February 2017.

TOKYO: A World War II miniseries from the Netherlands' FATT Productions and Canada's Don Carmody Television (DCTV) for NHK is set to be streamed worldwide on Netflix, day and date with the Japanese launch.