The South African crime series Cousins has been exclusively acquired in North America by MHz Choice. The limited series, based on a true story, follows two 12-year-old cousins, Issie Fourie and Petro ...

Series Mania, which ran from March 21 to 28, announced its top awards winners, with HBO Max’s Polish drama Proud taking the grand prize in the international competition and ABC TV, BBC and ZDF’s ...

Several leading distributors talk to Mansha Daswani about acquisition trends across the Asia Pacific in the run-up to Asia TV Forum. Content investments in seven Asia-Pacific markets rose by 4 percent ...

ZDF, Acorn TV and TVNZ have co-commissioned the new murder mystery series A Remarkable Place to Die from Screentime New Zealand and Real Film Berlin, in association with Banijay Rights. The ...

Undoubtedly one of the biggest recent breakout hits in the format business, The Traitors has seen 35 local versions commissioned in under five years. The series, created by the All3Media company IDTV ...

James Norton was joined on stage by his Rabbit Track Pictures co-founder Kitty Kaletsky at the Series Mania Forum today to discuss the motivations, discoveries and ambitions of their production ...

Average streaming spend in the U.S. remains flat at $69 per month, and 68 percent of SVOD subscribers now pay for ad-supported tiers, according to Deloitte’s annual Digital Media Trends report. In ...

Kevin & Co (Taskmaster NZ, Homebound 3.0, Double Parked) has announced a new six-part comedy spy series commissioned by TVNZ. The executive producers are Cam Bakker and Bronwyn Bakker for Kevin & Co, ...

The micro-drama market outside of China is projected to generate revenues of $9.5 billion in 2030, a compound annual growth rate of more than 28 percent from 2024, according to Media Partners Asia ...

Critical Content alum Jenny Daly (Ginny & Georgia, Instant Dream Home, Sly) has launched Studio82, focused on producing unscripted and scripted projects with content creators and celebrities. The ...

Samsung TV Plus has added three of Fremantle’s game-show channels to its lineup in the U.S. The channels Family Feud (hosted by Steve Harvey), Family Feud Classic and The Price Is Right: The Barker ...

RTL Group’s Sky Deutschland takeover bid, announced in June and now making its way through Europe’s regulatory authorities, marks the biggest deal for the European media giant since its inception, CEO ...