Radio-Canada Television, the French Canadian arm of Canadian pubcaster the CBC, has completed a restructure, with specialty channels senior director Marie-Claude Wolfe and senior acquisitions director Michel Pelletier leaving as a result.

Gary Davey, CEO of Sky Studios in the UK, has branded overall deals with on-screen talent “dangerous” and “risky,” while noting Sky is looking at “a wide range” of documentary content for its recently launched factual channels.

ATF: Pan-Asian broadcaster A+E Networks Asia, linear channel True Visions in Thailand and Chinese SVoD service Huan Xi Shou Ying have picked up crime series from Toronto-based Blue Ant International.

WarnerMedia has commissioned a second season of horror anthology series Folklore for HBO Asia, two years after the first run's debut.

Canada-based digital storytelling platform Wattpad has appointed film exec and producer Erik Feig as an advisor.

CONTENT LONDON: The future of television lies in worldwide content, according to AMC originals chief Dan McDermott, and international broadcasters must join forces if they are to compete with the streaming giants.

UK broadcaster Channel 4 has ordered a Covid-themed drama from writer Jack Thorne and a documentary about disgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford.

The UK's Channel 4 has unveiled a corporate strategy called Future4, which aims to help the commercial broadcaster thrive in the digital age and includes the creation of a £30m (US$40m) Global Format Fund.

CONTENT LONDON: UK commercial broadcaster ITV is keen to take on more “event dramas” and live shows, according to head of drama Polly Hill.

CONTENT LONDON: UK pubcaster the BBC is seeking dramas in genres that it doesn’t traditionally broadcast, including horror, supernatural and international crime stories.