Media for Europe (MFE), which is controlled by the family of former Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi, has completed its protracted takeover of German broadcast group ProSiebenSat.1 by lifting ...

The BBC has commissioned an adaptation of 2024 children’s novel Dexter Procter: the 10-Year-Old Doctor, written and created by Bafta-winner Adam Kay. The two 50-minute standalone episodes will follow ...

Canada’s Corus Entertainment has agreed extended and amended debt-repayment terms until the end of March 2025, buying itself another five months to figure out its future – but what it plans to do in ...

UK terrestrial channel 5 has commissioned a two-part documentary following adventurer Ben Fogle as he attempts to rescue Sheffield-based outdoor clothing brand Buffalo Systems, in what he claims is ...

Canada’s Blink49 Studios is launching a creator-focused division led by former Group Nine Studios and Maker Studios exec Mickey Meyer. The LA-based unit, Creator Studios, will focus on teaming up with ...

UK commercial broadcaster ITV has commissioned a local version of US crazy golf format Holey Moley and greenlit a drama about the first woman on the moon. Hosted by Ant & Dec, the four-part UK ...

Joy Peddlers Studios, part of UK production group 53 Degrees Global, is launching a visual podcast fronted by ...

With the global microdrama market already exceeding US$5bn and set to triple by 2033, this year’s Vertical Programming and Microdrama Summit at Content London promises a powerhouse line-up of ...

New players are flocking to the vertical video market as it becomes embedded in traditional production and distribution pipelines – and after observing cautiously from the sidelines, the US studios ...

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Nicholas Sercombe, founder and CEO of London-based Harry King TV, looks at what lessons can be learned from history when trying to create new formats for a challenged market in 2026.

Long-running reality series SupermodelMe is getting the microseries treatment and will be relaunched as a vertical show on streaming platform FlareFlow later this year. FlareFlow owner, China’s COL ...