Original Programming


Landmark Rushdie novel set for Netflix treatment

The novel that established Salman Rushdie as the pre-eminent author of his generation, Midnight’s Children, will be the next high profile literary series adapted by Netflix. Midnight’s Children, which tells the story of India’s birth as a nation through the eyes of a boy born on the stroke of midnight on independence day in 1947, […]

CBS & RTL Belgium sign multi-year content deal

CBS Studios International and RTL in Belgium have signed an exclusive, multi-year content agreement for new season titles. Included in the agreement will be CBS’ new series FBI, Charmed and A Million Little Things from Aaron Kaplan’s Kapital Entertainment. In addition to the new series, the deal extends RTL’s right to broadcast current library series […]

Walter Presents two new Scandi dramas

Channel 4’s foreign language streaming service Walter Presents has secured two new shows from Red Arrow Studios International, adding to its mix of European dramas. The first two seasons of Icelandic legal drama The Court will debut on All4 in September, each running 12×1 hour episodes on the platform. Following that, Swedish thriller Farang will begin transmission […]

BBC unveils drama slate built on int’l partnerships

The BBC has unveiled a slate of new scripted content which underlines how reliant the UK’s public broadcaster has become on international co-productions, partnerships with SVOD platforms and deals with third party distribution outfits to achieve its ambitions. High-profile commissions include Black Earth Rising, a new eight-part series for BBC2, written and directed by Hugo […]

HBO takes sci-fi series from Buffy creator

Joss Whedon, the screenwriter behind The Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron, and the creator of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, will be bringing a sci-fi series to HBO. Titled The Nevers, the series follows the footsteps of Buffy with a fantastical story featuring powerful female characters. The show will be an epic science fiction drama […]

BBC announces two new VR projects

The BBC has announced two new virtual reality projects for the BBC VR Hub that will shine a light on the past by focusing on the suffragette movement and the Berlin Blitz. Make Noise is a VR experience inspired by the suffragettes that lets viewers follow Emmeline Pankhurst’s advice and ‘make more noise’ via a […]

Reese Witherspoon to launch VOD channel with AT&T

Reese Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine and AT&T will be debuting two new female-driven series on DirectTV, DirectTV Now and U-Verse with the launch of the Hello Sunshine VOD channel. The series will include Witherspoon’s first unscripted title Shine On with Reese, which premiers on July 17. It will also feature The Home Edit’s Master the Mess, […]

ITV, Masterpiece & Red Planet work on Jane Austen drama

ITV, Masterpiece and Red Planet Pictures are set to work on a new Jane Austen drama based on her final novel Sandition. Austen’s original 11-chapter series has been extended into a 8×60 minute drama series by War & Peace writer Andrew Davies. Filming is expected to commence in spring 2019. The title is a Red […]

Sacha Baron Cohen makes a return with Showtime

Sacha Baron Cohen is set to return to TV after more than a decade for a Showtime satirical half-hour series. Baron Cohen will write and direct the title, named Who Is America?. The seven-episode series will explore the diverse individuals across the political and cultural spectrum of the USA. The first episode will air exclusively in […]

HBO & TNT Serie prep launch of first copro Hackerville

HBO Europe and Turner’s TNT Serie have completed production on hacking drama Hackerville, set to launch this autumn. The title will premiere on HBO Europe across Central Europe, Scandinavia and Spain, and TNT Serie in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Turner International will handle all sales outside HBO Europe and the US. Hackerville tells the story […]

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