US filmmaker and author John Huddles’ new novel Asha of the Air is being adapted into a limited series by Huddles and Branded Pictures Entertainment in Los Angeles, headed by producer J Todd Harris.

RTL-owned Dutch streamer Videoland has boarded a new US/European drama coproduction from Mark Williams, executive producer of Netflix hit Ozark, and film producer Anthony Derrico.

Victoria Yarmoshchuk, CEO of Ukraine’s Film.UA Group, the studio behind travelling series Hide & Seek and Love in Chains, reflects on how the country’s production business has responded to the war and how it will survive.

Oleksandr Bohutskyi, president of Kyiv-based Starlight Media, owner of the ICTV, Novy, STB and M1 channels, tells C21 how the broadcast group is fighting back against Russian propaganda, taking care of its employees and looking ahead to victory and the rebuilding of the country.

MIPTV: Love Bugs, the globetrotting comedy format from French Canada, has chalked up its 30th local production deal, after an agreement signed in Cannes today by Quebec-based Les Distributions Avanti Ciné Vidéo.

Evgeniy Bondarenko, CEO of Media Group Ukraine, discusses how the Kyiv-based broadcaster has been impacted by the war, how it has responded and what he thinks of the international reaction so far.

MIPTV: German and Israeli broadcasters have teamed up for a live-action sci-fi show targeting older kids and teens, with UK-based Jetpack Distribution attached for international distribution.

MIPTV: Live-action kids’ series Theodosia has found new homes on platforms in the UK, the Middle East, Canada, the Netherlands, Portugal and Africa, the show’s distributors ZDF Studios and Federation Kids & Family have confirmed on the first day of MipTV.

MIPTV: France’s Mediawan Rights has hired Swedish format industry veteran Estelle Bodén to take the company into the international distribution of unscripted formats.

Masked Singer creator Wonwoo Park, recipient of this year’s Gold Award at the International Format Awards, reflects on the impact of his hit format, Korea’s growth as an IP supplier and the plight of its indies.