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NEW YORK: On the heels of the success of The Breaks this year, VH1 has greenlit a series based on the TV movie, set against the backdrop of the hip-hop business.

UNIVERSAL CITY: Universal Cable Productions (UCP) has signed a multiyear overall deal with writer Andy Parker, with work set to begin immediately on two projects.

BERLIN: A highlight of the second part of this year's Drama Series Days at the European Film Market (EFM) was the international CoPro Series pitching event, during which projects seeking co-production and financing partners were presented to a few hundred producers and broadcaster executives this morning in Berlin.

The company's head of European co-productions offers up insight into her strategy for making successful multi-country co-pros and her views on trends in the drama business today.

PARIS/BERLIN: An official project exchange between Series Mania and Berlinale will see the Canadian drama The Illegal being presented in Paris in April at the Co-Production Forum.

LONDON: France Télévisions has joined Amazon Prime and BBC Worldwide as co-commissioners on the new drama The Collection from Lookout Point.

BERLIN: For two days, the European Film Market (EFM) brings the best of international drama series production to Berlin, and today the program was marked by industry-relevant panel discussions.

NEW YORK: Syfy has greenlit to pilot Prototype, a sci-fi thriller written by Tony Basgallop (24: Live Another Day).

UNIVERSAL CITY: The iconic NBC daytime drama Days of our Lives is getting a 51st season.

TORONTO/MONTREAL: Production has started on the new 6x1-hour serialized drama Cardinal, set to premiere as part of CTV and Super Écran’s 2016-17 schedule.