Children's programming is a key focus for the BBC as it attempts to engage with dwindling linear audiences and compete with global streamers.

The US Association of Talent Agencies has said the Writers Guild of America is "not interested in making a deal," in the latest salvo in the ongoing dispute between the two bodies.

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has said it will not commission comedy shows with all-male writers’ rooms and has introduced a raft of measures to improve the gender balance in its shows.

Global streamer Netflix has extended its hit reality format Queer Eye with a two-season order.

Ukrainian content company Media Group Ukraine has struck a multi-series sales deal with Indian distributor GoQuest Media Ventures.

US cabler Showtime has acquired a drama starring Kirsten Dunst from George Clooney's prodco that had initially been lined up for YouTube's subscription streaming service.

The US production outfit set up by the host of The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Viacom has appointed an exec from US-based prodco Red Hour to oversee its productions.

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and its French-language counterpart Radio Canada have acquired a raft of programming from UK-based distributor All3Media International.

Endemol Shine Group is to object to a report made to the Turkish trade court that its local division, Endemol Shine Turkey, is not insolvent and could operate profitably.

ZDF Enterprises-owned non-fiction distributor Off the Fence has appointed an executive from Germany's WDR Media Group as MD of sales.