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TOKYO: NHK has created an 8K program with France's The Louvre museum, marking the first international co-production to be filmed entirely in 8K.

SYDNEY: Escapade Media has acquired global rights for the new entertainment series JC Tha Barber from Created By Entertainment.

LONDON: Parade Media has secured global sales for a host of lifestyle titles in Europe, Asia and beyond.

TORONTO: Blue Ant International has entered into a multiyear distribution and production output deal that sees CMJ Productions II providing 39 hours of new unscripted content for Blue Ant Media annually.

TORONTO: The Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the Italian Directorate General for Cinema of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage, Activities and Tourism (DGC - MiBACT) have put together a financing package of C$200,000 ($153,000) for six co-productions under the Canada-Italy co-development incentive for documentary projects.

LONDON: Channel 4 will become the new home of The Great British Bake Off, signing a three-year agreement with series producers Love Productions.

SHERMAN OAKS: GRB Entertainment has sold several home-improvement and lifestyle titles to TV2 in Hungary, with Secret Guide to Fabulous among them.

LONDON: Passion Distribution has added to its catalog Dr Christian Will See You Now, a new medical factual series from Firecracker.

MIAMI: Scripps Networks Interactive’s culinary lifestyle channel Food Network has expanded its footprint, launching in Mexico for the first time via Totalplay.

SEATTLE: Amazon has greenlit a documentary series about Novak Djokovic, the world’s number-one ranked tennis player.