Ian Katz, chief content officer at the UK's Channel 4, will leave the public broadcaster later this year after almost nine years in the role.

The scale of the cuts being made at the BBC will start to become clear this afternoon, with up to 2,000 staff set to lose their jobs, according to a report in the Financial Times.

Irish public broadcaster RTÉ has commissioned a six-part crime thriller starring Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager, Orange is the New Black) and Colm Meaney (Gangs of London, Star Trek: The Next Generation).

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has commissioned a true-life drama based on the heartbreaking story of Mavis and Denis Eccleston.

US-based streamer Disney+ has renewed FX’s obs doc Welcome to Wrexham, from Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds, for three more seasons.

The documentary veteran and Scorpion TV MD on his key takeaways from the start of 2026, including a squeezed middle, a complicated rights picture and the continued importance of brands.

US cablenet operator Great American Media is getting into the microdrama game in partnership with Minivela, a vertical shorts platform created for US Hispanic and Latin American audiences.

TV 2 in Denmark has appointed its content director Lotte Lindegaard as the channel’s new permanent head of fiction.

ITV Studios is launching a new scripted production company led by drama producer Preethi Mavahalli.

French production and distribution group Mediawan has appointed Robyn Hurd as senior VP of sales and coproductions in the UK and Scandinavia.