Toronto’s Elevation Pictures moves into documentary pre-sales
EXCLUSIVE: “We want compelling IP or something with personality that people can understand in a sentence.”
Mediawan, UK director Danny Cannon board Nordic Noir series ‘The Faithful Reader’
EXCLUSIVE: Max Seeck’s books centre on Finnish detective Jessica Niemi.
Paramount CEO David Ellison “highly confident” WBD merger will close
Mixed Q2 earnings sees Paramount+ add two million members to reach 81.6m worldwide.
Prime Video strikes major deal with CJ ENM to bring 100+ Korean titles to India
Titles include ‘The Legend of Kitchen Soldier’, ‘Yumi’s Cells’ and ‘My Bias, My Boss’.
Eight world premieres set for TIFF series section Primetime
Line-up includes ’Carrie’, ’Below’ and season six of ’Slow Horses’.
Neon sells “significant” stake to Department M
Tom Quinn remains CEO; company will launch Neon TV.
Amazon MGM Studios names head of drama TV
Amazon MGM Studios’ overhaul under recently installed chief Peter Friedlander has continued.
‘The Pitt’ leads 2026 Emmys nominations
Television awards will be handed out on September 14.
BBC to cut £80m spend and 550 jobs from Content, Nations and News
In an all-staff email this morning, Brittin said all divisions will have to make “significant savings” with the first divisions announcing their plans internally today.
Viu, iQiyi International join forces to launch streaming bundle in Southeast Asia
Launching in H2 2026 across Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia.
Banijay and Pact lobby for household levy to replace UK licence fee
Banijay UK and Pact support the introduction of a household levy to replace the BBC’s licence fee funding.
ITV remains in ‘active discussions with Sky’ as report suggests M&A deal at advanced stage
Financial details for acquisition of media and entertainment business in process of being thrashed out.
