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NEW YORK: CBS All Access has pushed the premiere of Star Trek: Discovery to May 2017.

AMSTERDAM/MADRID: CBS Studios International has signed a licensing agreement with AMC Networks International Iberia for the CBS event series American Gothic.

PARIS: Banijay Group has appointed Takis Candilis, who has worked at TF1 and Lagardère Entertainment, to the newly created post of head of scripted.

LOS ANGELES: RVK Studios, Icelandic national broadcaster RUV and Dynamic Television have announced a season-two commission for the crime series Trapped.

PARIS: The Same Sky, a family drama set against the backdrop of a divided Berlin in the 1970s, has been made part of the MIPCOM 2016 World Premiere TV Screenings.

NEW YORK: Harlan Coben and Nicola Shindler, executive producers on The Five, sat down with World Screen Newsflash’s Mansha Daswani to discuss the series and their new indie outfit.

LOS ANGELES: Entertainment One (eOne) has five new prime-time network titles on its slate for MIPCOM, including the Kiefer Sutherland-led Designated Survivor.

TEL AVIV: Keshet International (KI) has picked up the global distribution rights for the Croatian crime drama The Paper.

LONDON: Emily Head has joined the ITV serial drama Emmerdale to play the character of Rebecca White, the sister of Chrissie and aunt of troubled teen Lachlan.

NEW YORK: Vince Gilligan and Michelle MacLaren, the pair behind Breaking Bad, are working with Octavia Spencer on a limited series for HBO about cult leader Jim Jones.