Independent film producer and Baltic Green Film Initiative founder Olga Hartsuk says it's time SME producers were given a single system to help them meet sustainability compliance requirements across Europe. That’s why she co-founded Mureel, a single B2B compliance data infrastructure platform for the European audiovisual sector.

CONECTA: Spain’s Atresmedia has said it has no red lines when commissioning new scripted series, and there is one particular genre it has yet to crack: horror.

Mediaset España has confirmed it is working on a new show that will have El Rosco as its “final and main element,” days after Spain’s Supreme Court ordered fellow Spanish broadcaster Atresmedia to stop airing the round as part of gameshow Pasapalabra.

CONECTA: YouTube Spain has urged producers and broadcasters to learn from creators, arguing they are capable of doing “bold and different things” that traditional companies often struggle to replicate.

NEWS BRIEF: UK public broadcaster BBC Children’s and Education has commissioned third and fourth seasons of rebooted preschool kids’ series Balamory.

NEWS BRIEF: German documentary distributor Autentic has expanded its thematic FAST brand Wheels & Steel into Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

NEWS BRIEF: Family-focused FAST channel Cycle Kids has acquired three seasons of animated preschool adventure series Turbozaurs for viewers in the US, Canada, UK and Australia.

CONECTA: Despite a slowdown in its fiction output, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has told Conecta Fiction & Entertainment here in Magaluf that it is looking for scripted series capable of reaching large audiences and viewers of all ages.

NEWS BRIEF: Argonon-owned UK prodcos Like a Shot (Forbidden History) and BriteSpark Films (Days that Shocked the World) have partnered on a true crime video podcast fronted by investigative journalist Paul Connolly and forensic psychiatrist Dr Sohom Das that will be available on YouTube.

Michael Thompson, head of user experience research at research and strategy consultancy MTM, says great content is no longer enough for streamers and as the war between them intensifies with the takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, prominence will become increasingly important.