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MONTREAL: Production is now underway on the fourth and final season of Bravo's original Canadian drama 19-2.

PREMIUM: Showrunner Gary Glasberg talks about creating new characters for season 14 of NCIS, while also looking after the successful spin-off, NCIS: New Orleans.

STOCKHOLM/ISTANBUL: Eccho Rights has sold more than 450 hours of drama series to Netflix for worldwide launch, including Turkish titles such as Ezel and Karadayi.

LONDON: ITV has renewed its successful royal drama Victoria, which stars Jenna Coleman as the young Queen.

LONDON: Channel 4 has licensed the U.K. broadcast rights for This Is Us, part of NBC's fall lineup.

TORONTO: Entertainment One (eOne) has entered into a global streaming rights agreement—excluding North America—with Netflix for the new Kiefer Sutherland-led conspiracy thriller Designated Survivor.

LONDON: DRG has secured presales for the event thriller The Level, which is soon to launch in the U.K. on ITV1.

PREMIUM: Writers Sam Vincent and Jonathan Brackley discuss how the relationship between the Synths and humans is a jumping-off point for exploring the impact of technology on society in Humans.

MAINZ: Mirela Nastase has joined ZDF Enterprises as director of ZDFE.drama, responsible for the sale of drama programs in French-speaking territories.

Producers and distributors are evolving their co-production strategies as the drama business becomes more competitive.