Pascal Dalton, a seasoned television executive who has worked for some of the industry’s biggest distributors and producers, has launched Shimmer Media, a new business specialising in optimising scripted and non-scripted formats across the international media landscape. Shimmer Media aims to bring a fresh perspective to format management and monetisation – capitalising on Dalton’s experience […]

Western Europe hit a record volume of Crime & Thriller production orders from leading global streaming platforms in 2024, reaching 94 titles. That’s equivalent to a 43 per cent share of all commissions by major streamers in the genre, more than the North American (NAM) and Asia Pacific (APAC) regions combined. The main beneficiary has […]

international production and distribution business Warner Bros International Television Production (WBITVP) has announced that it is opening a new production business in Italy. Located in Milan, WBITVP Italy marks the 15th territory for WBITVP’s production activities, with the new office becoming the 22nd production company in total, joining WBITVP businesses across EMEA, Australia and New […]

UK-based Plimsoll Productions, part of ITV Studios, a leader in natural-history filmmaking, has been commissioned by parent company ITV to produce the six-part global events series Extreme Planet Earth. This series – three years in the making – will underscore the high-stakes battle for wildlife survival in an era of extreme weather, wildfires and environmental […]

BBC Studios is partnering with Banijay Asia, part of the content powerhouse Banijay Entertainment, to continue bringing its formats to audiences in India. Based in Mumbai, Banijay Asia will have exclusive access to BBC Studios’ unscripted and scripted format catalogue and will produce its shows with a local flavour for Indian broadcasters and streamers. BBC […]

ITV has acquired the rights to the Norwegian TV format, The Box. The high octane adventure reality show debuted in Norway earlier this year, and places a cast at the mercy of a programme  hat could take them anywhere to do anything. The contestants are placed in boxes and transferred to different locations, before being […]

WTFN, the Australian independent content group, is extending its partnership with the Seven Network. Starting this February, WTFN’s digital business, Radar, has taken on the management of Seven’s Great Home Ideas channels on YouTube and Facebook, relaunching them with a refreshed look, plus a new programming schedule. Great Home Ideas is the digital destination for […]

Independent media company, Tastemade, and Ole Interactive, a digital business unit founded by Latin American pay-TV industry specialist, Ole Communications, have announced the formation of a new joint venture: Tastemade Latin America. The new venture aims to accelerate growth in the region’s streaming television market. Tastemade Latin America will leverage the strengths of both Tastemade and Ole Interactive, […]

Official film and high-end TV (HETV) production statistics from the British Film Institute (BFI) show that production in the UK continues to generate billions for the UK economy. Recovering from the global impact of 2023’s US SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, inward investment spend in the UK generated by film and HETV production during 2024 reached […]

Forecasts from Ampere Analysis predict that global content spend will increase by just 0.4 per cent year-on-year to reach $248 billion (€239.7bn) in 2025. This follows a 2 per cent growth in content investment in 2024 driven by increased ad spend on the US Presidential Election, the Paris Olympics, and the resolution of the 2023 […]