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TEL AVIV: A U.K. adaptation of the Keshet International comedic drama Loaded has been commissioned by Channel 4, with Hillbilly Television and Keshet UK to co-produce.

SÃO PAULO: Parts of Me, a telenovela about a lonely man who finds out he’s the father of seven kids, is a NATPE highlight for Brazil’s Globo.

BOGOTÁ: Caracol Internacional has placed the series Laura, an Extraordinary Life throughout Africa.

MUNICH: Global Screen has closed its first round of international sales for the 90-minute docudrama Albert & Hermann Goering, notching up deals in Benelux, Eastern Europe and the Baltics.

SANTA MONICA: Televisa USA is teaming up with Atalaya Productions to develop the English-language series Aztecs, which is based on Daniel Peters’ critically acclaimed book The Luck of Huemac.

ATLANTA: The African-American-targeted U.S. network Bounce TV is expanding into original drama series with the hour-long Saints & Sinners.

LONDON: Hulu in the U.S. has picked up the exclusive streaming VOD rights for the British comedy-drama series My Mad Fat Diary. The deal includes all three seasons of the International Emmy-nominated series and was negotiated by Endemol Shine International. …

DUBAI: BBC First is bringing a wealth of British dramas to the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) with its launch on OSN on February 1. OSN will be the exclusive home of BBC First in the MENA region, thanks …

BUDAPEST: HBO Europe announced that production has begun on Wasteland (Pustina), its latest original series. Stepan Hulik (Burning Bush) penned the 8×1-hour drama. The title tells the story of a mining village on the verge of extinction. It’s currently being …

UNIVERSAL CITY: NBC has ordered a second season of the freshman drama Blindspot, which ranks as fall's number one new series in the 18-to-49 demo, in addition to renewing Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D. The series has dominated the 10 …