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Keshet International has completed an innovative deal with Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. (TBS) that will see the global producer and distributor bring an original scripted format into Japan for the very first time.

The title approval was determined just in time for the season’s debut later this month on the network and across all platforms in the U.S. and Canada, as well as on Starzplay in Europe, Latin America and Japan.

Cable TV and direct-to-home (DTH) pay-TV accounts will decline at -0.2% and -0.8% CAGRs between 2020 and 2025 while IPTV accounts are set to grow by 1.1%. Other reasons for the growth include strong cable TV segments and a strong IPTV service focus.

The comedy series targeted at children aged 3-6 is a co-production with Japanese animation studio ‘dwarf’.

Factual series go to the US; Europe; Canada; France; China; Japan; Hong Kong; South Korea and India.