The BBC has acquired German four-part series The Black Forest Murders from StudioCanal. Written by Robert Hummel and Martina Mouchot, and based on the non-fiction Walter Roth book SOKO Erle, the series follows a 2016 police investigation into the mysterious murders of two young women in the south of Germany. The Black Forest Murders (4 […]
Viasat World, the independent international media company, has announced that Viasat True Crime will launch on all platforms of United Group, the Southeastern European telco and media group. The channel will be available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Greece. Following the channel’s debut in Poland in 2024, Viasat True Crime went […]
Canadian audiences watched more true crime on Netflix than subscribers in any other country last year, according to research by Digital i. Data first presented by media consultant Beatrice Rossmanith at Series Mania Forum shows that 60.7 per cent of Canadian Netflix subscribers watched at least 20 minutes of a true crime title in 2024. […]
A Nine Lives Media production for ITV1, ITVX, STV and STV Player, TikTok: Murder Gone Viral launched in 2024 and is one of ITV’s highest rated documentaries . The true crime brand returns for a second season later this year and continues with more compelling murder cases, each of which went viral on the global social […]
FilmRise, the New York City-based film and television studio and streaming network, and Phoenix Television, the UK-based independent factual entertainment and non-scripted specialist, have announced a partnership to co-produce the new true crime series Millionaire Murders. FilmRise will handle all distribution rights to the series in the U.S. and Canada. The announcement was made jointly […]
Legal and true crime network Law&Crime announces the next installment of its podcast slate, The Rise and Fall of Diddy, available exclusively on Wondery+. The new series, hosted by Law&Crime anchor Jesse Weber, details the industry-shattering sex abuse scandal that decimated the career of billionaire rapper and music executive Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs. In a […]
Veritone, a specialist in building human-centered enterprise AI solutions, has announced it will manage and monetise the content library of Court TV. Court TV, the multiplatform television network known for its live coverage of some the most compelling trials in the US, boasts an archive of legal content that dates to the channel’s founding in […]
Prime Video has announced that The Sticky (6×30), a fast-paced, dark comedy, inspired by the true story dubbed the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist, will premiere on December 6th exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories around the world. From showrunners Ed Herro and Brian Donovan, the series follows Ruth Landry (three-time Emmy […]
TV producer Eric Tomosunas and media executive Michael Parnes, most recently VP of Insights and Strategy for Adult Swim, have partnered to launch FearPix, a free streaming destination for all things horror, thriller, and true crime. FearPix has also announced several distribution deals and partners, including Alliance Entertainment, The Asylum, Filmhub, FilmRise, Green Apple Entertainment, […]
Viasat World, the independent international media company, has announced its new crime-themed television channel, Viasat True Crime, will launch in Czechia, Slovakia and Slovenia on September 17th. Following the launch of Viasat True Crime in Poland with Canal+ earlier this year, Viasat World has partnered with operator partners, Vodafone in Czechia, where the new channel […]