The AVMSD Directive could be reopened in 2026, and is the subject of a Netflix appeal in Belgium, but it is being implemented in 14 countries, according to French public funding organisation CNC. All implementations are similar to the voluntary French regulation which became the first to be enacted in 2020. Revealed at Series Mania […]

Content studio and digital media network, Little Dot Studios (an All3Media company), has announced a four-year extension of its YouTube agreement with Team GB, under its sports-specialist label, Little Dot Sport. The renewal follows a strong performance at Paris 2024, where the Team GB YouTube channel, managed by Little Dot Sport, outperformed all direct competitors, […]

ITV Studios has acquired a majority stake in Moonage Pictures, the UK independent producers of drama including global hits The Gentlemen and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder. Moonage Pictures was established in 2018 by Will Gould, Matthew Read and Frith Tiplady and produces original content for UK and international markets. The Gentlemen (pictured), directed by […]

US and UK based production company ATS and UK-based Nest Productions are joining forces for a new transatlantic development and production partnership. The partnership will foster collaboration and boost entertainment production partnerships between the US and UK. The initiative will see the legacy companies bringing together their experience in US and UK on unscripted coproductions […]

TF1 CEO Rodolphe Belmer, delivering a keynote speech at the Séries Mania Forum in Lille, revealed that he foresees a new TV golden age “We are entering a new audiovisual and post-peak TV golden age where new frontiers will recreate growth,” he told delegates. “We’re living today a very interesting moment, technologically speaking, as content […]

The BBC and ZDF have announced a new partnership which aims to support producers to create ambitious scripted content for both PSBs with a focus on high end drama. The broadcasters have already commissioned two shows together – the recently announced Honey, a new flirty spy thriller from Sid Gentle Films, and the second series […]

VERSA Studios, the network of TV and Film studio production facilities, is expanding its London footprint with the acquisition of an additional 200,000 square feet of space adjacent to its existing location in Ealing, West London. This new facility will house ITV’s Big Brother, including the Celebrity edition, with the nightly Late & Live show […]

Jane Featherstone, co-founder and executive producer of Sister Pictures, has warned of the need to continue to nurture British creative talent to ensure that British drama continues to play a distinctive role. Delivering an acceptance speech at the 51st Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards in London, where she was honoured with the Harvey Lee Award […]

An investigation by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) found some of the largest sports broadcast and production companies in the UK shared sensitive information about fees for freelance workers such as camera operators and sound technicians. Four companies – BT, IMG, ITV and BBC – have agreed to pay fines totalling £4,240,356 (€5m). […]

Channel 4 has commissioned its first digital original drama to broadcast on Channel 4’s YouTube, as well as Channel 4 Streaming and linear. Beth is a three-part science fiction drama written and directed by Uzo Oleh, executive produced by Anna Higgs and produced by Dark Pictures and GroupM Motion Entertainment. The series stars Nicholas Pinnock and […]