NEWS BRIEF: US cablenet Game Show Network has recommissioned its local version of Belgian gameshow Switch, produced by DIGA Studios, for 100 more episodes.

NEWS BRIEF: Singapore national public broadcaster MediaCorp has commissioned local animation company Omens Studios to produce two new series based on its international IP 123 Number Squad and Leo the Wildlife Ranger.

In the C21FM Weekly Review Show, which runs from 10am today to 10am on Monday April 3, we play highlights from a great week on the station. Tune in for a mix of music, news and interviews that put the global content business in perspective.

The UCC Digital Pitch initiative, designed to connect six new Ukrainian dramas with international coproduction partners, has gone live, with video pitches for each project hosted online.

Today we hear from writer and performer Morwenna Banks and Tilusha Ghelani, commissioning editor for comedy at Sky Studios, about the recent Sky original Funny Woman and the history of women in comedy.

NEWS BRIEF: London-based distributor Abacus Media Rights has secured international distribution rights to Emmy-nominated series Legacy List with Matt Paxton, produced by US indies My Entertainment and Shipyard Entertainment.

NEWS BRIEF: European factual distributor Off The Fence has added four-part documentary Telling Our Story from Canadian indigenous producer Terre Innue to its sales slate for MipTV in Cannes next month.

NEWS BRIEF: CBS has renewed its police drama Blue Bloods for a 14th season, which will debut as part of the US broadcast network’s 2023/24 season.

Warner Bros Discovery Poland’s Dorota Eberhardt, Firefly’s Ivana Mikovic and K7 Media’s David Ciaramella are the latest speakers to be announced for Content Budapest, as a raft of fresh buyers and coproducers, including RTL and ZDF prepare for the June event.

Armin Luttenberger, head of international content sales at ORF-Enterprise, outlines the business priorities for the Austrian distributor and talks us through some of the trends in the industry and new titles coming down the pipeline.

How is international demand for German-language drama changing? The past few years have shown a tremendous shift. Whereas ORF-Enterprise has traditionally been known as a supplier of blue-chip factual content, the recent success of dramas from our ORF Originals strand in other language markets proves the audience’s love for German-language drama.

With that in mind, we're massively expanding our fiction offering. Starting with the recently launched ORF/ARD series Days That Never Were, we will be presenting further drama highlights at the upcoming markets. At Berlinale Series Market last month, we gave a first exclusive insight into the upcoming hit series School of Champions, which will be completed later this year.