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At the BBC Comedy Festival, Director of Comedy Jon Petrie revealed that the BBC will invest an extra £10 million ($12.2 million) in comedy programming over the next two years.

Lionsgate’s slate includes Son of a Critch, in which 11-year-old Mark uses self-deprecating humor to bring his small Newfoundland community together.

SangHyun Kim, KOCCA’s general director of media content and the animation division, talks about K-Format Showcase, which will be held in connection with the L.A. Screenings.

As the new Warner Bros. Discovery leadership takes shape, Tom Ascheim is out as president of kids, young adults and classics.

The CEO of Sky Studios talks about the company’s mission, its strategy for increasing originals, lessons learned from her experience at YouTube and synergies with sister company NBCUniversal.

Jeffrey Schlesinger, who spent more than two decades running international television activities at Warner Bros., has set up Former Bros. Media, a new strategic advisory company.

Karen Barroeta, the executive VP of production and development at Telemundo Global Studios, spoke to TV Latina’s Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari about the synergies in her roles and responsibilities during her 20-year career at Telemundo, along with highlighting the high demand for Spanish-language productions.

FL Entertainment, consisting of Banijay Group and the online betting firm Betclic Everest Group, is set to be listed as a public company via a deal with Pegasus Entrepreneurs, a special purpose acquisition company.

In conversation with Elizabeth Bowen-Tombari, editor at TV Latina, Federico Cuervo, the senior VP and director at VIS Americas, spoke about the company’s main contributions to Paramount+’s growth, as well as the strategies for working on multiple productions simultaneously.

Mike Angus has been tapped by TelevisaUnivision to serve as executive VP of U.S. distribution.