The BBC's director of comedy commissioning, Shane Allen, and its recently departed head of comedy, Kate Daughton, are launching a production company backed by Lookout Point.

Happy Prince, the ITV Studios drama label headed by Dominic Treadwell-Collins, has appointed Alexander Lamb as executive producer.

Banijay Productions Germany is expanding its portfolio into documentary series with the launch of a new arm, Doc.Banijay, led by sports commentator Marc Schlömer.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has commissioned a second season of its contemporary detective drama Grace, from screenwriter and Endeavour creator Russell Lewis.

US factual giant Discovery has passed 15 million subscribers to its SVoD services in the first quarter of 2021, led by its new Discovery+ streaming service.

The UK’s ITV Studios and its Italian production subsidiary Cattleya are launching a Spanish scripted label and have hired Netflix exec Arturo Díaz to run it.

NBCUniversal-owned US streaming service Peacock and UK broadcaster Channel 4 have commissioned a cyber thriller directed and co-written by Peter Kosminsky.

London-based branded content specialist prodco Gramafilm has bolstered its creative team by hiring a trio of execs who previously worked together at BBC Studios and Monkey Kingdom.

BBC Studios has hired Adeline Ramage Rooney, the founder of LA-based indie 8Hours Television, as factual entertainment and events creative director at its Scotland base.

Magnus Temple, CEO and co-founder of ITV Studios-owned The Garden, is set to leave the UK production company behind 24 Hours in A&E after more than a decade.