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SAN FRANCISCO/LOS ANGELES: The digital platform Viki is teaming up with Skybound Entertainment to produce Five Year, a pre-apocalyptic series based on an original story by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, as a Korean drama.

ISTANBUL: The historical drama Resurrection (Dirilis Ertugrul) has been a ratings hit in Turkey, and TRT—Turkish Radio and Television Corporation believes this success will help to drum up further sales with buyers at DISCOP Istanbul.

BEVERLY HILLS: Marking the first German original series for Netflix, Dark, a family saga with a supernatural twist, will debut exclusively on the internet TV network in 2017.

TORONTO: Space will continue as the exclusive Canadian broadcaster for Doctor Who, thanks to a new deal between Bell Media and BBC Worldwide North America.

LONDON: BBC One has commissioned a sixth season of the crime drama Death In Paradise from Red Planet Pictures.

SYDNEY: Endemol Shine Australia has inked a long-term deal with producer Imogen Banks, who will serve as head of the newly established drama division Endemol Shine Banks.

PARIS: A+E Studios's new event miniseries Roots will make its international debut at MIPTV as the World Premiere TV Screening, with cast members Anna Paquin, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anika Noni Rose and Malachi Kirby, together with executive producer Mark Wolper and co-executive producer LeVar Burton, in attendance.

BURBANK: Warner Bros. has entered an agreement to acquire DramaFever, a U.S.-based company that operates subscription and on-demand video services, from SoftBank.

BURBANK: Emily Tremaine (Vinyl) has been cast as one of the leads in Freeform’s new original series Guilt, in which she will play a Boston prosecutor who heads to London after her sister Grace is accused of murder.

LONDON: BBC Worldwide has sold more than 900 hours of British crime drama, including Sherlock, Luther and Happy Valley, into a range of markets globally.