BBC One has acquired the UK rights to Australian drama series The Heights after striking a deal with international distributor NBCUniversal Global Distribution. The BBC has acquired the series for BBC One's daytime schedule. The deal covers both seasons of The Heights. 
As part of a bumper licensing deal with Disney, Channel 4 has acquired all seven seasons of Buffy The Vampire Slayer for their VOD service All 4. The series will be available to stream in its entirety from Monday June 1st. 
Syfy UK is adding to their slate of U.S. acquisitions. The genre channel has acquired the UK rights to The CW's sci-fi action series Pandora, TVWise has learned. The show's first season will premiere on Thursday May 21st at 9pm. 
Sky Witness has secured the UK rights to NBC's drama series Lincoln Rhyme: Hunt for The Bone Collector after striking a deal with international distributor Sony Pictures Television. The series is expected to premiere in late April. 
Acorn TV is coming to the UK. The AMC Networks owned streaming service has announced plans to launch in the UK on Wednesday April 29th. The service will be priced at £4.99 per month or £49.99 annually and will be available via acorn.tv, Roku, Fire TV, Android and Apple mobile and Apple TV. It will also launch shortly on Amazon Channels and Apple TV Channels. Acorn TV original series Queens Of Mystery will get its UK premiere on the service. 
StarzPlay has secured the UK rights to Deadly Games - the second season of the true crime anthology series Manhunt. All ten episodes will be available to stream on Thursday April 23rd. This marks the third UK home for Manhunt. Discovery Channel UK initially picked up UK rights to the original Unabomber season, before Netflix UK swooped in and landed first run SVOD rights. 
The BBC has secured the UK rights to the recently ordered fourth season of Killing Eve for both BBC One and BBC Three after striking a deal with international distributor Endeavor Content. The pick up comes shortly after the BBC announced that they were fast tracking the UK broadcast of season three, which will premiere on BBC Three on Monday April 13th - mere hours behind the U.S. debut.