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UNIVERSAL CITY: Syfy has given third seasons to the space action dramas Killjoys and Dark Matter, both of which are wrapping up their second runs on the network.

PARIS: Federation Entertainment has appointed Thierry Sorel to the newly created role of head of drama.

BEVERLY HILLS: Alex Kalymnios (Scott and Bailey, Becoming Human) has signed on for The White Princess, the follow-up to the Starz original miniseries The White Queen.

PARIS: MIPCOM is doubling its offer of International Drama Screenings, planning to present a record number of new shows from the U.S., U.K., Germany, France and China.

SILVER SPRING: The U.S. streaming platform Acorn TV has added to its lineup the second season of the Aussie political thriller The Code, among other new titles.

SEOUL: CJ E&M's drama producing affiliation, Studio Dragon, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Warner Bros.-owned streaming service DramaFever to co-produce Korean dramas intended for global audiences.

LOS GATOS: Netflix has confirmed that Stranger Things will be returning for a second season in 2017.

BURBANK: The seventh season of the Freeform drama series Pretty Little Liars will be its last.

The show's star talks about learning firefighting skills, the risks of the job, the loyalty of the firehouse community and mastering an American accent.

ATLANTA: TNT has ordered a pilot for Let the Right One In, based on the best-selling novel by Swedish author John Ajvide Lindqvist.