The Italian government has adopted amendments to the Audiovisual Media Services Law that prioritise investment in original Italian content, particularly for streaming services. Streaming players like Netflix and Prime Video must now invest 16 per cent of their Italian revenue in European productions (down from 20 per cent, but 70 per cent must be Italian […]

Sky has announced a new initiative aimed at supporting diverse-owned and diverse-led independent production companies in developing programmes for its factual channels. Sky explains its goal is “to widen the playing field, ensuring they hear from a diverse range of voices as they pursue best-in-class boxsets and premium feature documentaries”. It’s through that diversity that […]

At Series Mania Festival, Clément Schwebig (President, Warner Bros Discovery, Western Europe & Africa), Vera Peltekian (VP, Original Production, Max France) and Clémentine Bobin (Director, Scripted Original Production, Max France) presented a preview of projects currently in production for the streaming platform launching in France late in 2024. “Thanks to our unique storytelling expertise, Warner […]

The final season of Happy Valley won three major prizes at this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild Awards helf today (March 21st) as Guild members and leaders of the UK’s TV, streaming and audio industries celebrated the BPG’s 50th anniversary with a gala lunch in London. The BBC One programme’s star Sarah Lancashire won the Best […]

Video networking solutions provider Haivision has released the results of its fifth annual Broadcast Transformation Report which reveals the industry’s top technology priorities and trends in live video contribution, IP and cloud adoption, 5G, and artificial intelligence. Key findings include: SRT continues to be the most widely adopted transport protocol: 68 per cent of respondents use […]

The expansion at Shepperton Studios in Surrey is now open and Amazon MGM Studios and Netflix are in occupation. The state-of-the-art development provides an additional 17 sound stages, 548,000 sq ft of production and workshop spaces as well as two backlots. Amazon MGM Studios has taken a total of nine new stages and Netflix will […]

At Series Mania, The Walt Disney Company EMEA has revealed a raft of exclusive announcements including four greenlights, as part of their upcoming slate of EMEA Original titles for Disney+. Disney+ continues to commission across the region with greenlights in France, Germany and Spain as well as a pipeline of production in Italy, the Netherlands […]

BBC Studios has announced an agreement that will see the Spanish producer, Brutal Media, become part of the BBC’s main commercial arm. The addition of Brutal to its growing production network will enable BBC Studios to respond to the increased appetite for BBC content from Spanish audiences and support Brutal Media’s ambitions to export original […]

Netflix has announced its newest sports series, Receiver, that follows four pass catchers during the NFL 2023-24 season: Davante Adams (Las Vegas Raiders), Justin Jefferson (Minnesota Vikings), George Kittle (San Francisco 49ers), Deebo Samuel (San Francisco 49ers) and Amon-Ra St. Brown (Detroit Lions). It’s been said that there’s no more difficult position in the NFL […]

Larry Tanz, EMEA boss for Netflix, has told Series Mania that local European quotas “stifle creativity”. Tanz calling for “greater flexibility” given how many shows Netflix is currently making around the world. He pointed to Spain’s attitude; it has quotas in place but with “flexibility” so that Netflix can make Spanish-originated films and series but […]