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LONDON TV SCREENINGS FEATURES

Bell Media gets its skates on to follow up Heated Rivalry

Fremantle’s Jens Richter on ‘slimmed down’ markets and M&A frenzy

German content aims to conquer the Anglosphere

LMT takes more risks for stand-out acquisitions

Fox Entertainment Global shows its faith in biblical drama

Streamers smashing windows in the distribution industry

Testing times for UK as demand rises but green lights wane

TV4 ventures into unexplored entertainment territory

TV2 Norway hunting formats, comedy and fact-ent in London

Another case of suspected merger for Banijay’s Cathy Payne

Record UK exports mask shrinking US copro market

ITV Studios senses renewed confidence in UK content

Duo Media doubles down on entertainment formats, true crime

BBCS mulls a future shaped by YouTube, microdramas and a new DG

Why French studios have picked up an English accent

Keshet Int’l eyes microdramas as M&As reshape distribution

Virgin Media Television’s noisy shopping list

Where is all the money (in Formatland)?

Boat Rocker setting sail for new horizons

How UK content exporters are defying a tough market

Partnerships power Viaplay’s new era

TV2 Norway sets its sights on global and local Brit content

All aboard the London TV Screenings

LONDON TV SCREENINGS NEWS

Your complete round-up of news from the London TV Screenings

PBS takes US rights to British dramas Trespasses and I Fought the Law 

AMC Networks picks up BBC crime drama This City is Ours for streaming

CJ ENM presents The Legend of Kitchen Soldier at London TV Screenings

Fremantle music gameshow format Hitster lands in Canada, Germany and Netherlands

Banijay’s Tobias defends AI format bringing stars back from the dead as ‘respectful’

Banijay unveils fitness, cycling formats at the London TV Screenings

Bell Media not seeking more queer sport drama despite Heated Rivalry fever

ITV acquires US dramas Black Sails, Nashville for streamer ITVX

ITV Studios launches global brand partnership Studio 55

BBC brings back Suranne Jones drama Doctor Foster for S3 a decade on

Banijay Entertainment to adapt hit Japanese format You Laugh You Lose

Demand for US content wanes as buyers shun ‘woke’ programming, claims Keshet’s Kelly Wright

Missing person thriller Gone discovered in Europe, Australia and NZ

Germany’s Beta Film boards ARD historical crime series Ludwig

TV Nova commissions Czech adaptation of BBC scripted comedy format Ghosts

Fremantle takes Special Delivery of Japanese gameshow format

Netflix UK & Ireland to prescribe medical doc The Ozempic Effect: Beyond the Waistline

BBC Studios renews first-look deal with award-winning prodco Rogan Productions

AMC Lat Am, ABC Oz, Rai to show Patience after acquiring Channel 4 crime drama

British format Virgin Island gets first international adaptation in the Netherlands

BBC Studios teases microdrama move with one-minute dramas and digital formats 

BBC Children’s reveals slate of new commissions and acquisitions

Banijay Rights’ unscripted slate makes appointment with Stacey Dooley’s Clickbait Clinic

Apple TV acquires international crime thriller Unconditional from Keshet Int’l

Wave of Blue Planet III sales and copro deals done on first day of BBC Showcase

Germany’s ZDF, Australia’s SBS take on BBC, RTÉ crime drama series Tall Tales & Murder

Maya leads All3Media International’s London TV Screenings drama slate

Ian McKellan-fronted factual special tops WBITVP’s slate for London TV Screenings

Bear Grylls shows among 500-hour package of factual picked up by Insight TV

Blue Ant Studios, Nippon TV shop new format Majority Rules to US buyers at London TV Screenings

BritBox and Binge among international buyers of Channel 4’s A Woman of Substance

Keshet’s entrepreneurial format Elevator Pitch gets 10-episode order from Brazil’s Record TV

CJ ENM tests both brain and brawn with new survival format Synchro Game

Blue Ant Rights brings drama to London, taps Leona Connell as senior scripted consultant

BBC unveils slate of shows to celebrate naturalist Sir David Attenborough’s 100th birthday

ITV Studios’ screenings slate includes Graham Norton gameshow, 12 new scripted series

Anna Pigeon leads Cineflix Rights’ scripted London TV Screenings slate

Autentic unveils over 40 hours of new docs covering travel, wildlife and science

Banijay Entertainment unveils multi-genre London TV Screenings line-up

Keshet Int’l to unveil Israeli comic Adir Miller’s Reset at London TV Screenings

France TV Distribution launches Belgian black comedy Vero Forever at London TV Screenings

Family comedy Brewing Trouble leads Yes Studios’ first London screenings slate

Germaine Sweet steps up to head acquisitions and sales at PBS Distribution

Sphere Abacus picks up five true crime series ahead of London screenings

PBS Distribution to showcase historical, science and culture docs at London screenings

LONDON TV SCREENINGS PODCAST

Banijay’s Cathy Payne, All3’s Louise Pedersen, Fremantle’s Jens Richter and ITV’s Tom Clark discuss the 2026 London TV Screenings, M&A and today’s distribution landscape

Feb 26, 2026 01:11:00

LONDON TV SCREENINGS: Banijay Rights' Cathy Payne [02:42], All3Media International's Louise Pedersen [21:28], Fremantle's Jens Richter [48:54] and ITV Studios' Tom Clark [33:02] discuss the multitude of mergers hanging over this year's event – not least that of two of its co-founders – plus other changes sweeping the distribution business post-peak TV.

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