Scripted


Belgium’s Be-Entertainment hires ITVS, Endemol alum to lead global push

Belgian distributor Be-Entertainment appointed a former ITV Studios (ITVS) executive to oversee its international expansion. Annelies Noest becomes business director at the Box Of Talent and Fair Trade format distributor, with a remit to expand the company’s global network. Noest, who previously worked for Endemol and Talpa Global, was most recently director of business development […]

Synchronicity Films options Scottish trans rights book

Synchronicity Films, the Scottish production company behind The Cry, has optioned the upcoming book The Hidden Case Of Ewan Forbes: The Transgender Trial That Threatened To Upend The British Establishment, with plans to develop and produce a scripted mini-series based upon it. Synchronicity has partnered with Brazen Productions for the project, while writer Sukey Fisher […]

Netflix partners with Nippon TV for Japanese content expansion

Netflix is expanding its offering of Japanese content by partnering with Nippon TV to bring 30 of the Tokyo-based network’s drama and entertainment shows to the global streamer’s Asian subscribers. The deal gives Netflix streaming rights to shows including 2011 drama series I’m Mita, Your Housekeeper, Death Note, a live-action adaptation of a comic series, […]

Spain’s Palma Pictures moves into scripted originals

Palma Pictures, the Spanish production services outfit whose credits include The Crown, The Night Manager and Love Island, has moved into original drama production. The company, which has serviced more than 25 TV series and feature films and over 2,000 commercials since its 1993 launch, has opened the London-based Palma Pictures Studios, which will be […]

News round-up: NATPE confirms physical Miami event; Endemol Shine Boomdog names scripted chief; LADstudios names production head; FilmRise true crime order

NATPE confirms physical Miami event The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) has confirmed its Miami-based event will take place in person, from 18 to 20 January next year. The event, which went virtual last year, will include attendees from around the globe and an extensive event schedule that will be announced soon. NATPE […]

Walter Presents strikes C More deal in the Nordics

Non-English language drama streamer Walter Presents has inked a two-year deal that will see its service becoming available to subscribers of Nordic SVOD platform C More. The agreement – applicable in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland – includes an 80-hour collection of shows from Walter Presents, encompassing eight first-run and exclusive series. This will then grow […]

BBC Studios merges APAC & EMEA, with Nick Percy named president

BBC Studios (BBCS) is to consolidate its APAC and EMEA distribution regions into a single business, with Nick Percy taking control and Jon Penn set to step down. Percy, who has led the EMEA region since April 2020, will be based in the UK and become president of the new global markets division from 31 […]

AMC ups Dan McDermott, adding acquisition & scheduling remits

AMC Networks has upped original programming and studio president Dan McDermott to an expanded role covering acquisitions. McDermott becomes president of entertainment & AMC Studios with a remit that continues to include originals and production, but also adds responsibility for business affairs, scheduling, acquisitions and talent relationships. He will work across AMC channel brands including […]

ViacomCBS to buy Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico as Spanish-language play expands

ViacomCBS is to expand its Spanish-language efforts after striking a deal to acquire a majority stake in Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico from its founding family and Disney. The acquisition will in one swoop hand VCNI rights to thousands of hours of Spanish-language programming including scripted series, telenovelas, films, documentaries, unscripted, kids and family. This […]

Netflix adds Spanish comedy, dating & films as originals slate expands

Netflix has expanded its Spanish originals slate, with orders for new scripted and unscripted series, and a pair of feature films. The streamer has ordered dating show ¿A quién le gusta mi follower?, which will be hosted by Luján Argüelles and feature Spanish influencers Jedet, Aroyitt and Jonan Wiergo. Paula Cons is meanwhile directing the […]