Australian pubcaster ABC has greenlit a crime thriller series coproduced by Fremantle Australia and Archipelago Productions.

BBC Education in the UK is looking for mental health content in the children’s space, according to Helen Foulkes, head of BBC Education and Newsround.

LA-based producer-distributor Propagate International has hired former ITV Studios exec Isabelle Azoulay as executive VP and head of formats.

European production house Asacha Media Group has hired former All3Media International exec Maria Ishak as head of international content and coproductions.

NEWS BRIEF: BBC Three in the UK has commissioned a second season of dance-themed dating series I Like the Way U Move.

UK pubcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a daytime show from Daisybeck Studios and Motion Content Group that goes behind the scenes of the retail reselling sector.

France- and LA-based producer Gaumont and Armando Bó’s About Entertainment have signed a deal to develop series and feature films across multiple genres and languages.

Lucy Murphy, Sky Kids’ director of content, talks about highlighting the climate crisis on children’s TV through the channel’s doc COP26: In Your Hands and how she hopes it will make a difference.

NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock, WarnerMedia’s HBO Max and Discovery’s VoD services are among the latest platforms to have picked up kids’ animated series Oddbods and comedy adventure show Insectibles from Singapore-based One Animation.

Keshet International-owned German prodco Tresor has signed a first-look deal with MGM Television’s global formats division for unscripted formats in Germany.