Kristin Brzoznowski

LONDON: The Office producer Roughcut TV is backing the new feature-film company Who’s On First, which will specialize in mainstream comedies and comedic dramas.

LONDON: BBC Three has commissioned Sexy Murder, a satirical parody of reality crime shows in the vein of Making a Murderer, The Jinx and Serial, from Roughcut TV.

LONDON: Disney UK and Ireland has signed an agreement with the U.K. pay-TV operator TalkTalk TV for a collection of content from Maker Studios.

LOS ANGELES: SinemaTV has extended its second-pay-window movie deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution for an additional five years.

LONDON: Sky News has set out a range of special multiplatform U.S. election coverage, beginning on Monday, October 31, with a nightly show presented by veteran news anchor Jeremy Thompson.

PARIS: Endemol Shine Group is integrating its local businesses in France under the unified banner of Endemol Shine France.

COLOGNE: Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland has expanded its relationship with NBCUniversal International Distribution, securing the RTL stations the exclusive free-TV rights to upcoming movies and first-run rights to forthcoming series, as well as library titles.

DENVER: Liberty Global's subsidiary UPC Poland has moved in to acquire the cable business of Multimedia Polska, the third-largest cable operator in Poland.

STOCKHOLM: MTG and the National Football League (NFL) have signed a new five-year deal, which sees it holding onto the sports franchise until Super Bowl LVI in 2022.

CANNES: Sky has added a range of shows from Channel 4’s digital hub All 4 to its on-demand service, now available on Sky Go and Sky Q mobile apps.