Suzanne Kelly, head of children’s and young people’s content at Irish pubcaster RTÉ, will be looking for animated content targeting teenagers when she attends Annecy and the Children’s Media Conference this summer.

Discovery-owned Food Network in the UK has commissioned two new series with celebrity chefs John Torode and Tom Kerridge.

Paramount UK has appointed Firecracker Films exec Federico Ruiz as commissioning editor for factual and unscripted programming.

Warner Bros Discovery-owned SVoD service HBO Max and kids’ cablenet Cartoon Network have ordered a music-filled live-action comedy series based on a concept by Hannah Montana creator Michael Poryes.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV experienced growth in total revenue of 17% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2022, thanks to revenue increases at its ITV Studios and Media & Entertainment divisions.

UK production accelerator programme Indielab has chosen 15 independent production companies to participate in its 2022 initiative.

US prodco Wheelhouse Entertainment has teamed up with documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger to adapt podcast Dead & Gone into a scripted TV series.

Globalisation and regionalisation are both front of mind for ITV Studios Global Entertainment MD Arjan Pomper, who discusses the production and distribution group’s aims as it emerges from the pandemic.

Warner Bros Discovery EMEA has boarded season two of preschool animated series Mush-Mush & the Mushables.

Animation studios in Northern Ireland will now be allowed to become members of Irish trade association Animation Ireland, in addition to its UK counterpart Animation UK.