Executives on the front lines of an increasingly intense battle with the Motion Picture Association tell C21 about progress, setbacks, tangling with the tech lobby machine and the evolution of a decade...

US-based media group Narrative Capital Partners has acquired UK-based distributor 3DD, combining the two companies' slates ahead of Mipcom this month. 3DD is unveiling five new factual series and addin...

IBERSERIES & PLATINO INDUSTRIA: Spanish group WAP Media Group has launched a fiction label called Ultramar together with Mexico's Alonso Aguilar. Aguilar recently completed a stint at Amazon MGM St...

Spanish-German distributor 3BoxMedia International is taking a slate of documentaries spanning current affairs, travel, science and nature to Mipcom this month, led by World’s Best Design Bars &#...

Amsterdam-based distributor Lineup Industries is taking a slate of original formats to Mipcom this month, headlined by European Broadcasting Union 2026 format of the year Grannies. Originally commissio...

Irish indie BiggerStage has appointed former Paramount Global executive Leda Connaughton-Deeny as chief financial officer. The prodco said the appointment marks the next phase of its expansion followin...

NEWS BRIEF: NFL star Tom Brady’s production company Shadow Lion is working on Yalla, Dubai: From Startup to Championship, a sports access doc chronicling the rise of Dubai Basketball from an ambi...

NBCUniversal-owned streamer Peacock is developing a drama series starring Hollywood actor Eddie Murphy, marking his first role in a scripted TV show. Produced by 101 Studios and Universal Television, T...

Sweden’s SVT and TV2 in Norway have pre-bought new unscripted and scripted programming from BBC Studios ahead of Mipcom later this month. The Swedish public service broadcaster has struck a deal ...

Filmmaker Scott Weintrob had always wanted to profile Mr T, and got his wish in Netflix's splashy new documentary Untold Mr T: I Pity the Fool. But with the A-Team star now publicly speaking out agains...

Dori Media Group is taking its biggest-ever unscripted slate to Mipcom, with new game shows, dating formats and documentary series joining its international catalogue. Its 2026 slate includes quiz form...

Oaktree Capital-backed distribution studio Radial Entertainment has launched Paranormal Chronicles, a FAST channel focused on paranormal investigations, unexplained phenomena and mystery-driven true cr...

British streamer ITVX is set to add more than 2,000 hours of content from TLC and Quest under a new partnership with Warner Bros Discovery (WBD). The deal will see dedicated TLC and Quest collections l...

Toronto-based production company Skywild Pictures has promoted Natalie Urquhart to VP of content and Olivia Tharme to director of development. Urquhart, who joined Skywild in August 2025 after six year...

Bill Bailey's Korea Adventure and James Martin's Quick ‘N' Easy are among the key titles being shopped to buyers by UK distributor DCD Rights at this year's Mipcom. The company on Thursday announced ...

Mattel Studios, the content arm of toy giant Mattel, has named Samsung TV Plus and Sony alum Mario Giampaolo as global head of content distribution. Based at Mattel's El Segundo headquarters, Giampaolo...

Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is reshuffling its distribution leadership as Mike Wald retires after more than 30 years with the US-based studio group. Wald, who had served as co-president of distribut...

Faith-based children's streaming platform Minno in the US has appointed former YouTube, Amazon Kids+ and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) exec Craig Hunter as chief content officer. Hunter will spearhead...

NEWS BRIEF: UK-based factual and scripted distributor Hat Trick International is to shop the third season of sitcom series Smoggie Queens to buyers at Mipcom. Produced by Hat Trick Productions for BBC ...

IBERSERIES & PLATINO INDUSTRIA: Spanish creator and producer Amaya Muruzábal says Spanish-language creators should adopt a more strategic approach from a creative standpoint to promote more ambiti...

ITV Studios unscripted executive Cecilie Olsen discusses the growing demand for faith-based factual content leaning into historical and archaeological themes. Epic scripted series such as religious his...

IBERSERIES & PLATINUM INDUSTRY: International demand for Ibero-American titles increased by 25% between 2024 and 2026, according to data from Parrot Analytics. The figures were shared by Jaime Oter...

NEWS BRIEF: London- and Belfast-based indie Finite Films & TV (Challengers) has launched a second season of its digital celebrity competition series Wings & Waves on YouTube. The 16×12.5' ...

NEWS BRIEF: UK sales house Passion Distribution has secured the exclusive distribution rights to Turned On: Dirty Sexy Money, a reality series that pulls back the curtain on the top 1% of OnlyFans crea...

NEWS BRIEF: US-based streamer Apple TV has renewed French-language drama Carême for a second season, starring Benjamin Voisin and directed by filmmaker Martin Bourboulon (Les Trois Mousquetaires: D'Ar...

Versión en español abajo Minivela's Manny Ruiz, Microhouse Films and The Ninth House's Autumn Federici and Embr Entertainment's Stephanie Chloé Hepner will discuss direct-to-consumer (D2C) strategie...

NEWS BRIEF: LA-based distributor and studio Radial Entertainment has launched Paranormal Chronicles, a FAST channel programmed for fans of paranormal investigations, documented hauntings, unexplained p...

NEWS BRIEF: German pubcaster ZDF and German-French cultural channel Arte have commissioned Henry VIII's Enforcer: The Rise & Fall of Thomas Cromwell, a new documentary on the Tudor king’s adv...

NEWS BRIEF: Hearst Networks in the UK has rebranded its Sky History2 channel as MysteryX across the UK and Ireland, creating a dedicated linear home for factual programming centred on mystery, the unex...

Fredrik Arefalk, director of channels and content at TV4, explains his plan to reboot Sweden's format creativity with new titles for the global market and how he is tapping into old and new talent to d...

TikTok has partnered with the Singaporean government to help media professionals produce live-action and AI-animated microdramas. The initiative between the social video giant and Singapore’s Inf...

Banijay Entertainment has confirmed the executive line-up for its combined distribution business, Banijay Rights, following its merger with All3Media International. It was already known that the sales ...

NEWS BRIEF: UK commercial broadcaster ITV has acquired AMC original crime drama Parish for its streaming service ITVX, where it will premiere on November 1. The six-episode series centres on Giancarlo ...

HBO Max is developing a drama series in Spain inspired by the story of Tor, a remote mountain community where tragic events took place that remain unsolved to this day. Filmmakers Javier Calvo and Javi...

Beta Kids and Young Adults (YA), the youth label of Germany's Beta Film, has acquired the sales rights to forthcoming Irish-Portuguese drama The Girl Who Fell Through Time, which it will present to buy...

Alex Horne on why he still devises every task himself – and the unique way every episode is shot and edited. The people behind today’s biggest shows – in conversation with C21’s Mark Ro...

NEWS BRIEF: Australia's SBS, Warner Bros Discovery in Latin America and Canada's Bell Media have all pre-bought limited factual series Senna: The Last Race. Coproduced by Canadian prodcos C3 Media and ...

Amsterdam-based factual distributor Off the Fence (OTF) has acquired the worldwide sales rights, excluding the US, to Orange County Choppers Original, the reboot of the American Chopper franchise. The ...

Australian executive Harriet Pike has been elevated to chief strategy and growth officer at Canberra-based factual producer WildBear Entertainment (Stuff the British Stole). Promoted from her previous ...

Matisse co-founder and chair Nick Curwin, who sold his indies Firefly and The Garden to Shine and ITV Studios respectively, is set to retire at the end of the year. After co-founding and selling the pr...

Brazil's Globoplay has greenlit a series adaptation of local author Raphael Montes' novel Uma Mulher no Escuro. Banijay's Brazilian scripted label A Fábrica will produce the psychological thriller ser...

US culinary competition 100 Cooks leads Warner Bros International Television Production (WBITVP)’s slate of formats to be shopped to buyers at Mipcom. Produced by Lando Entertainment for Food Net...

French pay TV operator Canal+ has widened the remit of Nathalie Folloroux, currently senior VP of Canal+ Channel Africa, to include unscripted content in France. As head of unscripted content, she will...

Carlichauns Entertainment has closed a €3.2m (US$3.6m) growth investment round to go towards the rollout of its children’s entertainment brand Carlichauns. The Irish company told C21 the financ...

Netflix has launched a collaboration with independent Spanish streamer Filmin, giving subscribers in the country access to a monthly selection of films and documentaries curated by Filmin's editorial t...

French kids- and family-focused prodco Cottonwood Media is buying back the stake in the company held by parent firm Federation Studios and regaining its independent status. Founded by David Michel, Zo?...

LA-based View TV Studios has hired Betsy Slenzak, a former unscripted exec at US broadcaster The CW, as its senior VP of original content. In the new role, Slenzak will oversee an original content slat...

Mattel's Ynon Kreiz is set to become co-CEO of the combined Paramount Skydance (PSKY) and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) following the completion of their US$110bn merger. The appointment will see Kreiz, ...

As screen tourism reshapes fragile destinations, Andri Ómarsson, CEO of Icelandic drama prodco Glassriver, argues producers have a duty of care that extends beyond the shoot and asks whether storytell...

BBC Studios has launched a scripted label led by Deborah Sathe to work on a slate of returning dramas for UK broadcasters, streamers and international markets. Sathe, current senior creative director a...