HBO Max is to finally launch in the UK and Ireland on March 26, with senior executives claiming that being so late to market will be the platform's "last mover" advantage over long-established rival streamers.

The German government will introduce new streaming quota legislation requiring platforms to reinvest at least 8% of the income they earn in Germany to support local TV and film production, reports suggest.

Former Kartoon Studios and Little Dot Studios staffer Rachel Carson has been appointed to the position of acquisitions executive at European factual distributor Off The Fence.

US inward investment spend on high-end television projects increased by 5.3% last year, delivering £2.5bn (US$3.38bn) to the UK economy, with the British Film Commission hailing “steady as she goes” growth for the industry.

As the campaign for unscripted tax incentives in the UK gathers pace, Banijay UK boss Patrick Holland suggests that without such a provision the UK’s reputation for world-leading unscripted could be at stake.

Merle Currie has been upped to the newly created role of head of unscripted development at UK factual prodco Rogan Productions, as the company looks to grow its premium documentary output.

The US$50 million Next Narrative Africa Fund has partnered with research firm Parrot Analytics to prove African content is undervalued and inform its first wave of greenlights.

Cicelia Deane, editorial and commissioning executive at Paramount Skydance-owned BET UK, has left the company.

The combined effects of runaway production, labour strikes, the Covid-19 pandemic, Trump’s trade wars, consolidation and a screen sector slowdown have reduced Hollywood to a shadow of its former self. C21 investigates who is to blame and if Tinseltown can recapture its razzle-dazzle.

A reality format in which cancelled celebrities fight for redemption and a romcom set in the world of tech are among the shows heading Netflix's slate of content from India in 2026.