Fremantle-owned Wildstar Films has teamed up with wildlife filmmaker, explorer and scientist Dan O’Neill on a YouTube channel featuring content focused on the natural world.

Prime Video in the UK and Ireland has ordered a true crime feature documentary about the 1999 London nail bombings.

BBC Studios Kids and Family is reacting to demand for longer-form animation with new series Vanishing Point. Cecilia Persson discusses the trend, funding challenges and the company’s YouTube strategy.

UK creative industries trade body Bectu, part of the Prospect union, has appointed Noel McClean as its new head to replace Philippa Childs when she retires in January.

The Association of True Crime Producers (ATCP) has welcomed its first international members since launching in the UK in 2023.

Broadcasters including Discovery Kids in Brazil and Latin America, ABC Kids in Australia and ITVX in the UK have acquired Italian prodco Rainbow’s CG animated children’s series Mermaid Magic.

MIPCOM: Italian pubcaster Rai, Greece’s ERT and MBC in the MENA region have each acquired K-drama series from Germany’s Beta Film while at Mipcom this week.

UK public service broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned its first microdrama series, in partnership with beauty brand Sol de Janeiro.

Apple TV has renewed comedy thriller series Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed for a second season.

MIPCOM: ORF-Enterprise, the commercial arm of Austrian pubcaster ORF, has acquired the international distribution rights to Finnish prodco Whatever Pictures’ comedy drama Crème de la Crème.