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RTÉ calls for half-hour scripted comedies
RTÉ and the Irish Film Board have formed a partnership to support new Irish scripted…
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South Korean first for Turkish drama
South Korean channel GTV has acquired what it claims to be the first Turkish drama…
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Amazon picks up McMafia outside UK, US
Amazon has picked up BBC Worldwide and AMC drama McMafia for more than 200 territories,…
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Mercury Filmworks expands management team
Canadian animation studio Mercury Filmworks is expanding its management team, promoting several key executives and…
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Amazon builds with TNT’s Berlin drama 4 Blocks
Amazon has picked up Berlin-set gangster drama 4 Blocks from TNT for a worldwide audience….
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Comedy Central UK rejigs post-Offman promotion
Comedy Central has appointed Lucy Robinson to head its London-based programming team and promoted Louise…
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Staring into the Hard Sun
While investigating what appears to be the routine death of a computer hacker in London,…
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Ex-Shomi content chief Shulman joins Wow!
Marni Shulman, the former head of content and programming for collapsed Canadian SVOD service Shomi,…
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E4 gives UK home to Young Sheldon
Young Sheldon, The Big Bang Theory prequel that follows the life of nine-year-old Sheldon Cooper,…
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BBCWW brings Mitchell & Webb to MIPCOM
BBC Worldwide (BBCWW) will bring a line-up of talent to MIPCOM to launch its scripted…
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Freeform orders Pretty Little Liars spin-off
Freeform, Disney’s young adult television and streaming network, has ordered drama pilot Pretty Little Liars:…
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Amazon signs Gilmore Girls duo, Casey Affleck
Amazon Studios has signed a multi-year deal with Gilmore Girls creators Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino…
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New Star Trek leads to ‘record’ CBS SVOD sign-ups
Sunday’s premiere of Star Trek: Discovery on CBS All Access, CBS’s streaming service, is said…
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Hulu puts on GameFace after UK deal
Hulu has signed a licensing deal with All3Media International for the US video-on-demand rights to…
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SVT buys Anglo-Welsh drama Bang
SVT in Sweden has bought crime drama Bang, which was created in both English and…
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Clinton drama The President is Missing heads for Showtime
Showtime has acquired the television rights to the upcoming Bill Clinton novel The President Is…
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Sky brings in Marvel’s Inhumans for UK & Ireland
Pay TV channel Sky 1 has brought in Marvel’s Inhumans for this autumn, making it…
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India’s ZEE sets up prodco in Canada
Indian content company Zee Entertainment Enterprises (ZEE) has set up a production company in Canada….
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Sagansky launches OTT prodco Golden Karavan
Top entertainment execs from the US and India have launched Golden Karavan, an Indian-focused OTT…
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Silverlining hires ex-History UK exec as acquisitions head
UK factual company Silverlining has appointed Rachel Job, former director of programming for A+E Networks’…
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Kanal D forms copro unit with Endemol Shine exec
Turkish distributor Kanal D International has built a new division for global coproductions and content…
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Banijay hires Fremantle UK exec as content head
Banijay Group has appointed Fremantle UK’s head of development Lucas Green as head of content….
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Propagate teams with Wachter to launch prodco
Propagate Content is teaming with executive producer and showrunner Charles Wachter to launch a new…
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HBO gives Watchmen the green light
HBO has given the greenlight to Watchmen and ordered backup scripts for the project. Damon…
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Netflix orders Amy Poehler comedy series
Netflix has brought in a new comedy series created by Amy Poehler, Leslye Headland and…
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In-demand chart: Kids TV Europe (September 11-17, 2017)
The top ten kids shows in Europe show old favourites reigning supreme across 34 territories….
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Spielberg takes the reins at Amblin as Wright exits
Michael Wright has stepped down as CEO of Amblin Partners, as chairman Steven Spielberg takes…
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Ex-BBCWW North America president named Mitú CEO
Herb Scannell, ex-president of BBC Worldwide North America has been named the new CEO of…
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Netflix orders Taiwanese Tale of Two Cities
Netflix will be working with Taiwan’s Kbro Media and Good Image Production on a new…
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Pollak promoted at Electus
John Pollak has been promoted to the role of president of worldwide television and international…