Veteran broadcasting executive Barb Williams is retiring from her role as executive VP of English services at Canada’s CBC. Williams, who previously held roles at Corus Entertainment and Shaw Media, ...

Banijay Rights, the distribution arm of European production group Banijay Entertainment, has partnered with Banijay Americas label BD4 to shop a library of NFL films at Mipcom. Under an exclusive ...

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NEWS BRIEF: Germany’s Night Train Media and Spirit Studios in the UK are entering into funded development for the production of a new vertical microdrama series, with more details to be revealed at ...

NEWS BRIEF: The BBC in the UK has renewed daytime quizshow Bridge of Lies and its celeb spin-off, both hosted by actor Ross Kemp, to screen on BBC One and BBC iPlayer in 2026. The original version has ...

NEWS BRIEF: LA-based Dynamic Television has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to new Swedish thriller Tills Döden Skiljer Oss (Till Death Do Us Part), produced by Harmonica Films. The 6×45’ ...

NEWS BRIEF: Germany’s ProSiebenSat.1 has pre-bought documentary crime series Syndicates: Inside Germany’s Underworld for its Kabel Eins channel. Produced by Berlin-based Quintus Studios, the 6×60’ ...

NEWS BRIEF: Belgian distributor Be-Entertainment has added a first foreign format to its sales slate in the form of Amazon Prime Video’s Polish original Rap Generation. The reality talent competition ...

NEWS BRIEF: Love Bugs, the globetrotting French Canadian comedy format, has chalked up its 39th local production deal, with Sky Italia set to premiere a new version of the sitcom on its TV8 channel on ...

Germany’s Beta Film has strengthened its Spanish slate with new scripted projects including thriller series Road to Arcadia and disaster film Under a Volcano. Road to Arcadia (6×60’) is produced by ...

The Format Recognition and Protection Association (FRAPA) has appointed André Renaud and Nick Smith as co-chairs of its management board. Richard Ager, Fremantle’s exec VP of legal and business ...

UK pubcaster the BBC has commissioned Prisoner 951, a powerful new drama that follows the story of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe and Richard Ratcliffe.