Neil Batey

RTS LONDON: Studio 99 co-founder David Beckham has denied his self-produced Netflix docuseries Beckham was a vanity project, delegates at the RTS London Convention heard.

Canada’s Blue Ant Studios has acquired the worldwide distribution rights outside of the UK to true-crime documentary The Eunuch Maker.

Philippine production and distribution company ABS-CBN will unveil new drama title The Insider at the Busan International Film Festival and Asian Content Film Market next month.

Germany’s ZDF Studios and Paramount-owned Ananey Studios are to coproduce drama series The Tea House on the Death Pass, based on Daniel Edelson’s bestselling novel.

Banijay Entertainment has acquired the global format rights to culinary-themed factual-entertainment show, Atypical Critics.

Kristina Löbbert has been promoted to the role of director of fiction at Warner Bros International Television Production Germany, taking over the position from departing executive Bernd von Fehrn.

New digital content agency Night Train Digital has made its first major commission with a greenlight for podcast series Virtually Parkinson, to be hosted by an AI version of late UK chat show host Sir Michael Parkinson.

Australian factual prodco White Spark Pictures has announced virtual reality documentary The Great Kimberley Wilderness, narrated by actor Luke Hemsworth.

NHK Obihiro Station, a regional service of Japanese pubcaster NHK, and Taiwanese broadcaster PTS are to coproduce a new space exploration documentary.

Channel 4-backed UK indie Spirit Studios has announced the launch of IP360, a new partnerships division that aims to transform creative ideas into multi-platform content brands.