US broadcaster NBC has renewed police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine for a seventh season following its successful move to the channel from Fox for its sixth run.

Anonymous Content, the US firm behind the forthcoming adaptation of classic novel Catch-22, has hired HBO's former drama chief to oversee its television arm.

Japan’s NHK, Yes in Israel and Australia’s Foxtel are among the broadcasters to have acquired factual titles such as Queen of the World and Eight Days that Made Rome from UK firm Drive.

44 Blue Productions in the US, Talpa Middle East and Ah Productions in France have all picked up the rights to adapt Mediapro and Phileas Productions’ format Forever or Never.

FX in the US has commissioned a half-hour comedy based on the life of rapper and comedian Dave Burd, better known as Lil Dicky.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV’s direct-to-consumer revenues grew by 25% to tip over the US$100m mark in 2018, according to its full-year financial results.

Cable channel USA Network has renewed its reboot of reality series Temptation Island for a second season after its successful return following an 18-year hiatus.

US adventure media firm Roam has appointed the director of Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo as its chief creative officer.

Paramount Pictures has upped television licensing president Dan Cohen to a senior global sales role as part of a rejig of its distribution execs.

Stockholm-based scripted prodco Dramacorp has appointed an exec from Nordic Entertainment Group-owned Nice Drama as creative director and executive producer.