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Viaplay acquires full ownership of Nordic satellite TV provider Allente

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HBO orders sketch comedy from Larry David and the Obamas’ prodco Higher Ground

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Endemol Shine Boomdog’s scripted head Jerry Rodriguez leaves after four years

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Peter Lubbers to step down as CEO of Banijay Benelux at end of the year

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Orchid Pictures hires Michael Casey as MD, Gabriel Silver as exec producer

International broadcasters pick up Sherlock & Daughter

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Gavin Newsom confirms expansion of California film, TV tax credit to $750m

Remow FAST channel It’s Anime launches on Samsung TV Plus in North America

Producer Paula Crickard rebrands HaZimation as Atelier 11 following Dulull exit

Jaime Ondarza joins Mediawan-owned Boomerang TV as interim CEO

CEO De Chavagnac to step down following Asacha Media’s acquisition by Fremantle

YouTube urges UK government to recognise content creators as a profession

RTL Group, DPG Media close deal for RTL Nederland

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Aussie post-production house Cutting Edge goes into liquidation after 27 years

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YLE sales chief Maria Kivinen exits after decade to form Nordic distributor and financer

Schibsted completes acquisition of TV4 and MTV from Sweden’s Telia Company

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Ausfilm secures NZ’s Wētā FX as latest member following studio hub investment 

ITV commissions serial killer thriller adaptation The Dark from Poison Pen Studios

Drive Studios scripted chief Maj-Britt Landin to join Rocket Road Pictures

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Netflix Canada digs around for ‘grounded genres’

OUTtv adds to originals slate with X-rated home renovation series DIY Dungeon

Oztam report shows FTA broadcasters continue to dominate TV viewing down under

HBO comedy The Comeback gets third and final season, 20 years after show’s debut

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Grupo Impresa-owned SIC to adapt classic Globo telenovelas in Portugal

HBO Max takes Love is for the Dogs for a walk, following Japanese, Korean premieres

Amazon streamers look to cover all bases in India

UK film and TV facility Shinfield Studios secures $344m in funding from Apollo

Easy Tiger’s How to Kill a Client secures Dynamic Television Scripted Initiative funding

Acorn TV takes Welsh-language drama prison Bariau for US, Australia, NZ

ABC Australia serves an ace with tennis drama based on the life of Evonne Goolagong

RTL Germany looks to take bigger digital scripted risks

Show host Julio César Rodríguez named programming director at Chilevisión

Disney, Charter strike new carriage deal including Hulu and previously dropped cablenets 

Lion Forge adapts TalesVision’s shortform YouTube series Lostlings for TV

Universal TV strikes first-look deal with Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman’s Brownstone

RTL Group to acquire Sky Deutschland from Comcast for initial $175m

HBO Europe docuseries How to Win a Political Debate gets boost from Council of Europe

Animated series draw on BFI’s UK Global Screen Fund

Lockerbie to Mr Bates: The rise of the Great British docudrama

NZ global development initiative selects 12 producers for activator programme

Paramount+ commissions adaptation of Hollie Overton thriller Baby Doll

Ex-DreamWorks Animation president Chris deFaria’s Chronicle Studios raises $11.6m

Amazon execs reveal more details about forthcoming microdrama platform MX Fatafat in India

Parrot Analytics partners PwC Consulting to drive data-led growth in entertainment

BFI, BAFTA Albert, ScreenSkills launch new occupational standards for on set sustainability

ACF Investment Bank hires Jason Rejebian to lead newly opened New York office, eyes bigger deals

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Ex-Cattleya and Netflix exec Arturo Díaz launches drama prodco Sangre Films

South Korea’s EBS unveils four short films in first AI-produced TV show

Foxtel Group’s content and channels exec Wendy Moore to leave after six years

ABC’s Australian teen trans series First Day to launch in UK on YouTube

See-Saw Films’ Fanboy options Emma Forrest’s upcoming novel Father Figure

Hit Mexican telenovela Marimar to be adapted for African audiences by Aby Media

‘Mad’ for BBC and Channel 4 not to explore mutual support, claims Tony Hall

The Bell in the Lake strikes right note for Rubicon TV as it adapts Lars Mytting trilogy

Netflix’s manga adaptation Bet, western drama Ransom Canyon get second seasons

House of David studio Wonder Project to launch subscription service through Prime Video

Netflix orders Jed Mercurio drama Trinity starring Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Richard Madden

Netflix CEE seeks the next wave of hyper-local content

Shanghai Media takes Singaporean period drama Emerald Hill: The Little Nyonya Story

Rafael Fortes to step down as CEO of Brazil’s Porta dos Fundos after its exit from Paramount

Eddy Arias to exit Paramount after six years leading expansion of Pluto TV

France’s TF1 orders spy dramedy Marie-Line, Incognito from Banijay outfit DMLS Films

ViX tipped to be fastest-growing major streamer in Americas in 2025

European Producers Club re-elects Dariusz Jablonski as president of board

Ireland’s Keeper Pictures adapting true crime podcast series Finding Samantha as TV drama

Sonar Entertainment alum Louise Oliver joins LA prodco Happy Accidents

France’s M6 picks up supernatural vigilante series SUPERmad for pay net Téva

Tributes paid to Red Arrow Studios co-founder Michael Peter Schmidt

EndemolShine Boomdog partners Banijay to launch Leonardo Padrón Productions

Ex-Globo and NBCU execs launch consultancy and distributor The Chain in Brazil

SkyShowtime calls for the best Poland can offer

Outlander prequel spin-off Blood of My Blood lands early S2 renewal from Starz

Paramount+ renews gang drama MobLand

Cameras roll on Paramount+ Aussie romantic drama Two Years Later

UK government unveils $500m creative industries plan as AI proposals remain uncertain

Fifth Season hires former Number 9 Films, Paramount exec Kate Laffey as senior VP of acquisitions

News Corp extends long-serving CEO Robert Thomson’s contract to 2030

Former Foxtel, BBC Worldwide exec Guy Gadney rolls out AI tool to make microdramas

Rakuten’s European head of original content Daniel Gilgado departs after five years

Blackstone completes $5.1bn equity investment in Canada’s Rogers Communications

French-African copro drama Women Are from Mars to start shooting in Cameroon

Scripted remakes can be much tougher than creating originals, warns Telemundo exec

Is UK HETV tax relief holding back regional production financing?

BBC greenlights follow-up to Twenty Twelve, W1A sitcoms with Hugh Bonneville

Australia’s Nine Group to merge streaming with broadcast in major restructure

SBS down under starts filming local adaptation of BBC scripted series Guilt

NBCUniversal alum Jamie Willcocks rolls out two industry AI ventures

Rai Fiction’s Zatta aims to land the ‘EasyJet generation’

Prime Video Spain is looking for local fiction that can travel, says head of scripted

Binge commissions drama series about Aussie bank robber Brendan Abbott

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