5 has announced the first four commissions and casting that will form its new Play for Today slate. LA Productions and Vertigo Films have been handed 2×60’ orders respectively which are set to air on 5 later this year. The single dramas were greenlit by Deputy Chief Content Officer and Head of Scripted, Paramount UK, Sebastian […]

Channel 4’s iconic first soap Brookside is set to return to screens – as part of a crossover with current soap Hollyoaks. Hollyoaks celebrates its 30th anniversary in October and will mark the milestone with a special episode that also honours its predecessor Brookside and their creator Sir Phil Redmond. Hollyoaks took over as Channel […]

The number of Scripted TV Originals ordered for production by the top six global streamers – Apple, Amazon, Disney+, HBO MAX, Netflix, Paramount+ – in the first half of 2025 fell by 24 per cent year-on-year, down from 318 first-run and renewed titles, to just 242, according to insight from Ampere Analysis. The drop reflects […]

Archewell Productions, Prince Harry and Meghan, Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s media company, has extended its creative partnership with Netflix, with a multi-year, first look deal for all its film and television projects. Archewell Productions’ collaboration with Netflix began in 2020, producing documentaries, scripted series, films, sports, and lifestyle programming. To date, Archewell Productions has […]

Samsung TV Plus, the FAST and on demand service owned by Samsung Electronics, has signed a deal with comedy producers Next Up Comedy to air 15 of The Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s pre-eminent standup shows on its service, available through its linear Comedy Hub channel and on-demand. Airing throughout August, the collection – titled LIVE: Comedy […]

WildBear Entertainment, the Australian producers of factual programming, has announced that ZDF Arte has boarded its latest history series, Fatal Conflicts, as co-producer and that ZDF Studios has acquired the international distribution rights. The deal between WildBear and ZDF was brokered by WildBear’s international agent, Edwina Thring of Wild Thring Media. Fatal Conflicts (2×90’ / […]

Ad management firm Mediavine has submitted an official letter to the US Copyright Office, demanding urgent action for more robust copyright protections for content creators in the age of generative AI. Mediavine, which represents over 17,000 independent digital publishers, has also launched a Change.org petition, urging industry leaders and consumers to join forces in protecting creators from the […]

US Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has joined Senators Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in introducing the bipartisan Transparency and Responsibility for Artificial Intelligence Networks (TRAIN) Act, to help creators, musicians, artists, writers, and others access the courts to protect their copyrighted works if and when they are used to train […]

ITV has announced a new reality format – The Heat – that follows a group of young chefs taking on the hottest job of their lives. Produced by Twofour (part of ITV Studios), a 10 x 60” series will air on ITV2 and ITVX in 2026. Hosted by broadcaster Olivia Attwood, The Heat sees ten […]

MovieVerse Studios, the mainstream content arm of IN10 Media Network, has partnered with Beacon Media to launch a global content alliance focused on amplifying stories from the Global South. This collaboration aims to create a borderless content ecosystem spanning Hollywood, India, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America. Aditya Pittie, Managing Director, IN10 Media Network, […]