Sarah Tong, director of sales at UK-based distributor Hat Trick International, discusses current trends in true crime, makeover and lifestyle, and a demand in the market for accessible science and technology.

SBS down under is in the market for fact ent formats, singles and feature docs that chime with its multicultural PSB charter but can also change an audience’s mind about controversial topics, without feeling like ‘worthy TV.’

As budgets for documentaries crater, crowdfunding can look like an attractive option for filmmakers. C21 investigates the key dos and don’ts and the pitfalls to avoid when getting your audience to pay for your production.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has commissioned a UK version of Australian format Millionaire Hot Seat.

A report into allegations of inappropriate behaviour against BBC MasterChef host Gregg Wallace has upheld 45 allegations.

Los Angeles- and London-based management and production company 42 has tapped former FilmNation TV UK executive Martin Rakusen as chief operating officer.

The Walt Disney Company and UK commercial broadcaster ITV are teaming up to share content on each other’s streaming services.

A slate of celebrity-fronted shows from home and abroad, and a decision to let Bradley Walsh air his out-there opinions on who really built Egypt’s pyramids, inform the commissioning strategy at Hearst Networks’ Sky History.

Will Macdonald and David Granger, BAFTA winners and original founders of UK prodco Monkey, have launched a new production company called Idle Industries with backing from BBC Studios.

Neon Films founder Nicky Bentham and the British Film Commission’s Gareth Kirkman break down the changes in UK tax credits, explaining how you can benefit from the new AVEC and the particular benefits available to the country's VFX and independent film industries.