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LONDON: Among Sky's newly unveiled original dramas are Jamestown, which comes from Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films, and Guerrilla, which sees the pairing of John Ridley (American Crime, 12 Years a Slave) and Idris Elba (Luther, Beasts of No Nation).

DUBLIN: The RTÉ 2-commissioned comedic drama Can’t Cope Won’t Cope, from Deadpan Pictures, has started shooting in Dublin.

LONDON: The John le Carré drama The Night Manager, which made its U.S. debut last night on AMC, has been licensed to the streaming platform Youku Tudou in China and the French broadcaster FranceTV.

PARIS/BEVERLY HILLS: The first two episodes of the Netflix original series Marseille will air on TF1 on May 12, a week after the full first season becomes available on the streaming service.

NEW YORK: Executives from ZDF, ZDF Enterprises, UFA Fiction and RAI spoke about the power of German drama at home and abroad in a MIPTV panel moderated by World Screen’s Anna Carugati.

LOS ANGELES: Stana Katic, who plays Detective Kate Beckett in ABC's Castle, will not return to the show, and neither will co-star Tamala Jones.

SILVER SPRING: Acorn Media Enterprises (AME), the development division for the Acorn brand of RLJ Entertainment, is partnering with Hillbilly Television and DRG on the new ITV1 drama The Level.

ATLANTA: UP TV has acquired the off-network rights for the family drama Parenthood, licensing 103 episodes in an agreement with NBCUniversal Television and New Media Distribution.

BEVERLY HILLS: Netflix has unveiled two new original series coming to the service: a time-traveling sci-fi drama starring Eric McCormack and a psychological thriller featuring Naomi Watts.

LOS ANGELES: The Mark Gordon Company has unveiled the brand-new series The Barbary Coast, which will be directed and co-written by Mel Gibson and star Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson.