Production giant Fremantle's UK-based distribution arm is taking 14 series to Mipcom next month, including drama The Luminaries, based on Eleanor Catton's Man Booker Prize-winning novel.

California-based non-fiction prodco Magical Elves has hired a senior VP of current series from Canadian producer Our House Media.

Endeavor Content, the distribution and content finance arm of US entertainment giant Endeavor, has signed an exclusive deal with producer and director Alan Poul for the production of scripted content.

Viacom International Media Networks, the international arm of media giant Viacom, is partnering with Facebook to launch eight original shortform series on Facebook Watch.

Australian free-to-air broadcaster Seven Network has commissioned an eight-part factual series about wedding disasters from UK indie Back2Back Productions.

Spanish-language streamer Pantaya has commissioned its first unscripted original series, a comedic documentary featuring Mexican actor Eugenio Derbez, with Amazon Prime Video picking up the international rights.

UK OTT channel provider VOD365 has signed a content deal with kids' IP firm Moonbug, under which the latter's premium YouTube programming brands will appear on VOD365's kids entertainment channel Ketchup TV.

Blue Ant Studios, the production arm of Canada's Blue Ant Media, has hired a senior VP of unscripted content for its LA office.

Production has begun in South Carolina on Disney+ original film Safety, set in the world of American footall.

South-East Asian VoD service Hooq has signed a three-year first-look and coproduction deal with Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen.