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Manchester City's owners have signed up to create a host of new football-themed television shows.

City Football Group (CFG) - the parent company of the Premier League champions - has announced a deal with Sony Pictures Television which will include them developing children's programmes.

The partnership will also involve "original scripted" and "non-fiction" content being produced.

CFG has stakes in 13 clubs, based in Europe, South America, Asia, the United States and Australia.

It said the new television deal would align with its approach "as a growing entertainment company".

In a statement, City Football Group said the television projects would "include stories related directly to CFG and its clubs and players, as well as the creation of projects inspired by football, or where football is the central theme or plotline".

Manchester City were featured on Amazon's All or Nothing documentary series in 2018, and agreed a deal for Netflix to show the club's in-house production Together: Treble Winners earlier this year.