SERIE SERIES: The new head of drama at Norwegian pubcaster NRK has vowed to “dare to take chances” and continue creating conversation-starting series.

SÉRIE SERIES: Public broadcaster France Télévisions (FTV)’s international drama team has outlined its need for event series that make a noise among viewers and revealed how its Alliance coproduction partnership is evolving.

Disabled-led content production company Rockerdale Studios has appointed Alex Martin as its first head of development.

Tom Winchester, the president of NBCUniversal-owned Heyday Television, is setting up his own scripted firm called Pure Fiction Television.

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German pubcaster ARD is looking to international partnerships to bridge the funding gap in production standards that young audiences have come to expect.

US-based streamer Disney+ has added Chica Invisible (The Invisible Girl) to its original Spanish drama offering.

SÉRIE SERIES: A new creative network called The European Writers Club has launched in an effort to encourage collaboration between writers and broadcasters across Europe and speed up development in the face of rising competition from global streamers.

A new report has highlighted a greater need for diversity and inclusivity across children's media, with parents in the UK and US keen to see more on screen.

A controversial dark comedy set as a potential war looms between Russia and Finland is being shopped to international buyers by the distribution arm of Finnish pubcaster YLE.

Lionsgate's global streaming platform Starzplay is teaming with Fremantle and Bron-backed prodco The Immigrant on Spanish-language dramedy series Yellow (working title).

TelevisaUnivision has set July 21 for the US and Mexican launch of its Spanish-language SVoD platform ViX+ and revealed new details about its original programming line-up and pricing.

Disney-owned cablenet Freeform has ordered a new drama from Ryan Seacrest Productions and ABC Signature.

European production group Fremantle and Jamie Oliver are launching a FAST channel dedicated to the celebrity chef on Amazon’s Freevee service today.

New York-based A+E Networks has struck a multi-faceted creative partnership with celebrity baker and TV personality Buddy Valastro.

RTL Deutschland is pooling its expertise in license and merchandising marketing by merging its previously separate units.

Walt Disney Television Alternative, the unscripted production division of the Mouse House launched in February 2021, has hired a trio of VPs as it looks to grow its existing brands and create new ones.

BritBox International’s CEO Reemah Sakaan and chief creative officer Diederick Santer have issued a call for a broader range of “game-changing” UK-driven stories, as the streamer looks to grow its subscriber base internationally and move beyond “lighter mystery and comfort series.”

The Manchester arm of Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone’s drama prodco Sister has hired Simon Maloney, an exec producer whose credits include Peaky Blinders and Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You.

California-based Lionsgate Television Group has struck a first-look production deal with Rashida Jones and Will McCormack’s production banner Le Train Train.

Sky Deutschland has lined up a number of international scripted and unscripted series from in-house and third-party suppliers, all of which have been confirmed at its Up Next presentation in Munich.