The Africa Channel and its global digital streaming service Demand Africa are pursuing new partnerships to create originals to serve a 200 million-strong diaspora outside the continent.

Pay TV group Canal+ stands to dominate the African TV landscape, assuming its proposed merger with MultiChoice gets the regulatory nod in 2025. However, the group is already underway with a growing African originals content strategy, where new international content partnerships and rights-sharing are among its current priorities to get productions over the line.

UK broadcaster UKTV’s upcoming rebrand is leading the way as it shifts to a digital-first content strategy while creating a host of opportunities for new commissions and partnerships.

Viasat World’s new linear channel True Crime is opening up fresh opportunities for prebuys and local stories in Poland, the CEE and beyond.

Independent CEE-focused specialist pay TV broadcaster Viasat World is launching a new thematic linear channel in Poland dedicated to true crime.

LA SCREENINGS: Swiss streamer and pay TV platform Blue TV on the hunt for standout premium international scripted fare, flexible windowing and mulling coproduction partnerships.

Specialist documentary service Spicee is seeking AVoD and FAST partners as it pursues its mission to provide young documentary makers with a platform and internationalise media literacy offering Spicee Educ.

Viasat World is eyeing further expansion in CEE markets and seeking its next generation of unscripted and scripted shows, with upstream prebuy investments and an appetite for a few risks high on its list of priorities.

Specialist arthouse streamer Sooner is gaining worldwide traction among younger 18-34s with an edgy content strategy fuelled by platform partnerships and AI.

Fuji Television Network’s Yusuke Kato describes the Japanese broadcaster’s scripted needs and ambitions, and why international coproduction partnerships are vital to its strategy.