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Norwegian public broadcaster NRK is gearing up to launch a scripted comedy from Oslo-based Seefood TV based on a fictional reality TV show inspired by hits such as The Celebrity Traitors.

Podcaster and entrepreneur Steven Bartlett has closed an eight-figure investment round in his company Steven.com, which he says values it at US$425m, as he bids to build

Banijay is pushing further into live events and online gambling, two areas that have helped the European production and distribution giant weather the current crisis in the TV industry.

The Walt Disney Company has completed its deal to become 70% majority owner in sports-focused streaming service Fubo, which it will now merge with its Hulu + Live TV business.

ETVF: Sky in the UK has ordered a series following TV personality Gemma Collins as she plans her wedding and looks to become a mum, plus a docuseries about the infamous 1995 Roswell footage from Louis Theroux's Mindhouse.  

Netflix has ordered an adult animated comedy series set within a Las Vegas law firm with a voice cast led by Adam Scott.

ITV has unveiled six commissions as part of its Fresh Cuts strand, part of the broadcaster’s £80m (US$108m) diversity commissioning spend.

Channel 4 has teamed up with NHS Blood and Transplant for a branded entertainment series in which singletons go on blind dates while donating blood.

Samsung TV Plus has signed a deal with comedy producers Next Up Comedy to air 15 stand-up shows from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, which is taking place in the Scottish capital this month.

Disney has commissioned new series including a TV spin-off to the Pixar film franchise Cars and the first-ever preschool Avengers series.

Sky Sports in the UK is gearing up to launch a new weekday magazine programme about English football’s Premier League.

Red Bull Studios and Finnish investment fund IPR.VC have entered a multi-year alliance to finance a slate of sports and sports-adjacent documentary projects.

The Production Guild of Great Britain's newly appointed CEO, Kaye Elliott, has said there is

The upcoming European version of Netflix reality competition format Physical 100 will be an Italian remake.

Social entertainment business LADbible Group is launching a UK extension of US-based social media brand Betches for millennial and Gen Z women.

Buyers in Australia, India, Japan and New Zealand have acquired scripted shows including ITV thriller Code of Silence from distributor ITV Studios.

UK broadcaster ITV has commissioned a primetime series in which This Morning co-presenter Josie Gibson will renovate a dilapidated house in the south-west of England.

Claus Tømming, CEO of Masha & the Bear producer Animaccord, has died, the Cyprus-based company has announced.

The UK government has teamed up with popular fitness coach Joe Wicks MBE and the studio behind Hey Duggee on an animated series on YouTube called Activate, which encourages children to move more.

The commercial arm of the BBC saw its revenue rebound to £2.2bn in the 2024/25 financial year following a drop in 2023/24, with BritBox International and Bluey consumer products helping to offset challenges in the production and distribution market.