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Your complete round-up of news from Series Mania 2026

Series Mania took place in Lille, France, this week

Chloe le Clercq Photographie

SERIES MANIA: If you’re on your way back from Lille, just returned or have been keeping track of the event online, catch up with C21’s extensive news and analysis of Series Mania using these links:

Italian and Turkish dramas, Duffy doc among first Disney+ EMEA originals under Angela Jain’s regime

BBC Studios continues local scripted remake strategy with youth drama Klassen

Prime Video ‘doubling down’ on series led by young adult coming-of-age stories

Streamers go acquisition-first as series production takes 40% longer – Ampere

European broadcaster collective New8 unveils third slate of projects

Governments, TV industry urged to hurry up and raise the bar of ‘shocking’ microdramas

France TV’s Alduy rejects move into ‘low-quality’ microdramas – ‘how can I swim in that pool?’

French distributor body SEDPA allies with producers in reply to TV-streamer partnerships

Banijay Germany unveils microdrama format starring local content creators

Celebrations as Council of Europe’s new convention for series copros takes off

Italy’s Mediaset acquires Spanish drama Entre Tierras from Atresmedia Sales

Russell T Davies, Nicola Shindler unveil ‘angriest and darkest’ collaboration in Lille

YouTube urges producers to ‘start thinking like creators’

Banijay in Finland, Iberia works on first microdramas without ‘compromising on quality’

French thriller R91 along with Kyrgyzstan and Canadian projects triumph at Series Mania awards

Director Hugo Blick gives first look at BBC drama California Avenue

EAO’s Schneeberger dubs rise of YouTube ‘the elephant in the room’ at Series Mania

Euro pubcasters urged to spend more on marketing to avoid extinction

HBO Max strikes first-look deal with ex-Movistar Plus+ content chief Domingo Corral

WBD Access and HBO Max reveal return of Script Engine writers’ initiative

A Woman of Substance tops Banijay Entertainment’s scripted slate in Lille

ZDF Studios packs crime, dark comedy and romance for Series Mania

Sphere Abacus reveals slate of three new French dramas for Series Mania

Nippon TV plots Escape to Series Mania with thriller and romance formats

Podcast:

Series Mania 2026: Sarah Aubrey talks HBO Max roll-out, Paramount and Harry Potter; SVT legal thriller Burden of Justice; dystopian Belgian drama The Best Immigrant

 

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