Scripted


Sundance Now takes ‘Shadow Lines’ for US, UK and Canada

AMC-owned streamer Sundance Now and SBS in Australia have picked up rights to Cold War drama Shadow Lines, which has also been extended into a second season by Finnish commissioner Elisa Viihde. The 10 x 45-minute drama is produced by Zodiak Finland for Elisa Viihde’s streamer Aito, with mother and daughter team Kirsti Manninen and […]

Walter Presents welcomes Russian ‘Gold Diggers’ to UK

Non-English language scripted streamer Walter Presents has acquired Russian oligarch drama Gold Diggers for its service in the UK. The eight-part show, from Russia’s Yellow, Black & White Group and its production arm Start Studios, explores the relationships between power, money, and sex among Moscow’s high society. The story follows a female cop who penetrates […]

Starzplay strikes Rakuten TV distribution across Europe

OTT operator Rakuten TV has struck a deal that will see the international streaming service from US cabler Starz become available via its platform across Europe. Starzplay will offer exclusive access to original series, acquired content and movies to viewers in Spain, the UK, Italy, France and Germany via Rakuten TV. The streamer costs £4.99 […]

ITV Studios takes distribution rights to BBC crime thriller ‘Line Of Duty’

ITV Studios (ITVS) has picked up distribution rights to the sixth season of UK drama Line Of Duty, the Jed Mercurio thriller previously sold by the now defunct Kew Media Distribution (KMD). Line Of Duty is produced by ITVS-owned World Productions and follows the exploits of AC-12, a police division exploring corruption within the force. […]

All3’s Objective Fiction launches drama label with ‘Guilt’ scribe Neil Forsyth

Guilt writer Neil Forsyth has launched a new production label with All3Media-backed Objective Fiction. Forsyth, who has also been behind fellow BBC drama Eric, Ernie & Me, will head up Tannadice Pictures and focus on exclusively developing content for Objective Fiction, part of parent prodco Objective Media. The agreement also sees Forsyth developing projects with […]

Korea’s CJ ENM strikes first-look format deal with Keshet’s Tresor TV

South Korea’s CJ ENM has struck a first-look deal with Keshet International’s Germany production company Tresor TV. The deal, which started from 1 June, covers scripted as well as non-scripted formats and follows the partnership between the Korean firm and Tresor TV on 300: War Of United Voices, which debuted on ProSiebenSat.1 in March. Tresor […]

Swiss pubcaster to launch national streamer Play Suisse

Swiss public broadcaster SSR SRG is to launch its own nationwide streaming platform. The service, Play Suisse, is scheduled to debut in November. The platform, which has been developed by the pubcaster under the project name Rio, will offer content in all languages used in the country, but is not intended as a replacement for […]

Californian officials greenlight TV, film production return from 12 June

Californian officials have said TV and film production can recommence from 12 June, as the Hollywood state looks to get shows back on track. Proposals were first mooted in late May by the state’s governor Gavin Newsom, but having taken the TV and film industry by surprise with his comments during a virtual roundtable, the […]

MGM hires Rola Bauer to head up int’l TV productions

Fargo and The Handmaid’s Tale studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) has hired Rola Bauer as its president of international TV productions. Bauer will oversee development, production and co-productions for MGM’s scripted TV content with an eye on global markets, and reports into MGM TV chairman Mark Burnett. She will be based in Munich but split […]

Fremantle’s Castleford claims Cara Hunter adaptation rights

Fremantle-backed UK producer Castlefield has secured rights to adapt Cara Hunter’s DI Fawley crime novel franchise into a returnable multi-episodic TV series. The four-book series of novels begins with Close To Home, first published in 2017, and also includes In the Dark, No Way Out and All The Rage. The Oxford-based thriller franchise, which has […]