The ongoing format dispute between South Korean company CJ ENM and Turkish distributor Global Agency has seen a new development with the involvement of the Format Recognition and Protection Association.

The UK government has unveiled a new £500m (US$650m) fund to help domestic film and TV productions struggling to get coronavirus-related insurance.

A format copycat dispute has arisen between South Korean company CJ ENM and Turkish distributor Global Agency over the latter’s singing format Is That Really Your Voice?.

US-based broadcaster Discovery has acquired German free-to-air entertainment channel Tele5 from Leonine and sealed a long-term content deal with the Munich-based former owner.

French producer Éric Rochant (The Bureau) has signed up with LA-based Tomorrow Studios for his next production, which ITV Studios will distribute internationally.

South Korean broadcaster MBC is teaming up with the country’s biggest OTT service and the Directors’ Guild of Korea on an ambitious sci-fi anthology.

France’s Mediawan has unveiled a plan to create a pan-European media player by buying Lagardère Studios and Spanish prodco Good Mood and combining this with a stake in Germany’s Leonine and other assets.

1980s UK gameshow format Pop Quiz is getting a lockdown revival after the format’s owner and host, DJ Mike Read, agreed a deal with Lightning International.

Endemol Shine Group has partnered with Roku to put three ESG channels on to the set-top box company’s AVoD service in the US, as well as supplying content for Roku’s service in the UK.

Tomorrow Studios' Marty Adelstein talks about his new dystopian TNT and Netflix drama Snowpiercer and how the US production industry in general will change due to Covid-19.