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By Andy Fry The commercial arm of the BBC, BBC Studios has ramped up its commitment to digital-first content with the launch of Funny Parts, a new comedy channel that is designed to connect with younger audiences. At launch, the channel is available cross social platforms including YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. The new channel will offer a mix of original IP and youth-skewing content from the BBC’s comedy library, for example This Country, Famalam and The Young Offenders. Among the new shows at launch are Hack Attack, Little Rants...

By Andy Fry Everybody Hates Chris ITV streaming platform ITVX is continuing to build up its content acquisitions slate ahead of the platform’s December 8th launch. In a multi-year deal with Paramount Global Content Distribution it has picked up titles including Freaks and Geeks, Beauty and the Beast and vampire horror From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series. Also coming in Spring 2023 are proven series such as Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Everybody Hates Chris and Jane the Virgin. ITV’s head of content acquisitions, Sasha Breslau said: “We are thrilled to be working...

By Ron Chen, Bureau Chief, Asia The Bolshoi’s prima and the first and only Russian Etoile at Teatro alla Scala – Internationally renowned ballerina Svetlana Zakharova is famous for thrilling audiences and critics all over the world with her formidable technique and her sparkling dramatic interpretation of classical and contemporary roles. A towering figure in the 21st century ballet, Zakharova comes to the Dubai Opera in January with MODANSE, a double bill produced by MuzArts. She will be joined onstage by a star-studded cast of dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet...