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TEL AVIV: Brazil’s Globosat has licensed two dramas from the Armoza Formats scripted catalog: Hostages and Street Justice.

SINGAPORE: The Asian entertainment channel GEM will simulcast Guard Center 24, marking the first time that international audiences can watch a Japanese drama at the same time as it is broadcast in Japan.

TORONTO: Production is now underway on the third and final season of the original Canadian drama X Company, which will air on CBC in winter 2017.

ATLANTA: TNT has extended its renewal of The Last Ship, adding a fifth season.

LOS ANGELES: The Jackal Group’s Gail Berman and Joe Earley are planning to bring Chloe Benjamin’s novel The Immortalists, which hasn't even been published yet, to TV as a cable drama.

LONDON: The second season of the Irish drama Red Rock has been picked up by the BBC.

MUNICH: Red Arrow International has licensed the Icelandic crime drama Case to Channel 4's Walter Presents in the U.K.

SYDNEY: Network Ten has commissioned a new adaptation of Kenneth Cook’s classic Australian novel Wake in Fright, which is being prepped as a two-part TV event.

PARIS: Newen Distribution has placed the thriller miniseries Beyond the Walls in Australia and New Zealand.

UNIVERSAL CITY: USA Network is bringing back Queen of the South for a second season, with Natalie Chaidez (12 Monkeys) signing on as showrunner.