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Tyler Perry expands Netflix partnership

Tyler Perry has added a multi-year first-look series deal to his ongoing creative partnership at Netflix. The first series announced under the new deal is Beauty in Black, a 16-episode hour-long drama, written, directed, and produced by Perry. The series tells the story of two women leading very different lives. While Kimmie is struggling to […]

February 13, 2024

BBC collaborates to expand Blocks programming

BBC Children’s and Education has announced a collaboration with Alphablocks and Blue Zoo Animation Studio creating a new range of educational entertainment for CBeebies viewers. The agreement will deliver new episodes of flagship Blocks brand programming over a five-year period, extending the presence of Alphablocks, Numberblocks and bringing a brand new Blocks series to market […]

February 9, 2024

Netflix signs Julio Iglesias bio deal

Netflix has closed a deal with Spanish singer-songwriter and former footballer, Julio Iglesias, to take his life to the screen. For the first time, the living legend will participate in the creative process of a fiction in which he will share everything about his life and his musical trajectory.  Currently in development, Netflix will tell […]

February 9, 2024

Sky streamlines Content, Studios businesses

Sky has announced that all of its non-sports content teams in the UK & Ireland, will come together under one leadership structure, led by Cécile Frot-Coutaz. Currently, Chief Executive of Sky Studios, home to Sky Original Comedy and Drama across Europe, Frot-Coutaz will expand her role to lead all parts of Sky’s content business in […]

February 8, 2024

Report: Growing demand for local content in Nordics

Nordic online video viewers’ demand for local content grew in autumn 2023 compared to the same period in 2022 reports Mediavision. Local fiction and entertainment now accounts for 25 per cent of all online viewing on curated on demand content. This excludes live sports, news and social media content. However, the available streaming supply of […]

February 8, 2024

Fremantle acquires majority stake in Beach House

Fremantle has acquired a majority stake investment in one of Asia’s largest independent TV and Film production companies, Beach House Pictures. Financial details were not disclosed. Founded in 2005 by producers Donovan Chan and Jocelyn Little, Beach House Pictures (BHP) specialises in creating and co-financing original IP across scripted and non-scripted content, entertainment and brand-funded […]

February 8, 2024

Netflix greenlights Boston Red Sox content

Netflix has announced two new projects with Major League Baseball (MLB) featuring one of the league’s most storied franchises, the Boston Red Sox.  For the first time, Netflix will follow an MLB team over the course of a full season. This docuseries will feature one of sports’ most historic teams, the Boston Red Sox, and […]

February 8, 2024

Prime Video orders Lazarus series

Prime Video has ordered psychological mystery thriller Lazarus (working title) as a limited series. Based on an original story idea and written by the New York Times best-selling author Harlan Coben and BAFTA-winner Danny Brocklehurst, Lazarus follows a man who returns home after his father’s suicide and begins to have disturbing experiences that can’t be […]

February 7, 2024

Warp Films leadership restructure; renewed European focus

Warp Films, a member of the Channel 4 Indie Growth Fund, has announced key changes in its leadership team. Warp Filmsvsays it “will bring in a new era of excellence under the seasoned guidance of its executives”. Warp Films’ primary focus is on the UK market while actively prioritising expansion into the European landscape. While […]

February 6, 2024

UK production spend down 32% in 2023

Figures published by the BFI’s Research and Statistics Unit show that in a year in which film and high-end TV production was impacted globally by the Hollywood strikes, it continued to generate billions to the UK economy. The combined spend by film and high-end television production (HETV) during 2023 reached £4.23 billion (€4.96bn), 32 per […]

February 2, 2024