LONDON: The live-action children’s series Katie Morag is set to return for a second season on CBeebies and CBBC sometime next year, marking the first time the British kids’ channels have co-commissioned a show. Some episodes of the sophomore run will be shown exclusively for a younger set on CBeebies, ...

LONDON: IHS analysis has found that broadcast television viewing dropped significantly last year in the U.S. and the U.K., with viewers increasingly turning to on-demand services instead. IHS believes that these changes in consumption habits "signal a need for transformation ...

LONDON/BURBANK: Warner Bros. Television Group (WBTVG) and Warner Bros. UK are rebranding Shed Media Group as Warner Bros. Television Productions UK, which will be led by Nick Emmerson and Claire Hungate. The move follows its acquisition of 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Shed Media Group. Emmerson and Hungate ...

TORONTO: Breakthrough Entertainment and Chad Archibald's Black Fawn Films have signed a production agreement that sees the companies producing eight genre features over the next 24 months. Archibald, an acclaimed horror filmmaker, is on board for two of the movies, while Cody Calahan (Antisocial) will direct another two titles. The ...

PRAGUE: The teams from ZDF Enterprises’ ZDFE.drama and ZDFE.junior departments will be at NATPE Europe looking to shore up deals. From the ZDFE.drama catalogue comes Thicker Than Water, about siblings who must run their late mother’s B&B together in order to collect their inheritance. “Thicker Than Water offers deep, authentic ...

PRAGUE: The street game show Billy the Board, part of the Dori Media Group catalogue, provides an opportunity for people to earn money while they wait for a bus or train. It uses animation technology to turn a station’s billboard into a host that interacts with contestants. Elena Antonini, the ...

PRAGUE: The series Fugitives, a highlight of Caracol Television’s slate for NATPE Europe, gives audiences a glimpse into the justice system, focusing on the lives of those who are falsely accused of crimes and end up in jail. Also a top title for the company is Men Cry Too. The ...

PARIS: The game show Quizz or Buzz, created by the French outfit Little Nemo, is being given a Turkish treatment that will air on ATV this July. Sinerji Prodüksiyon is producing the local version, which will air under the title 7 de 7 in prime time on ATV starting next ...

ATLANTA: Raycom Media in the U.S. is set to carry the female-skewed Escape channel and the male-targeted Grit network, thanks to a new distribution agreement secured with Katz Broadcasting. This marks the second distribution agreement for the recently announced channels. Univision Television Group has already committed to carrying the two ...

LONDON: A number of formats from the ITV Studios Global Entertainment (ITVS GE) catalogue, among them Hell's Kitchen and I'm a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!, have been licensed by broadcasters in Central and Eastern Europe. The family entertainment show Surprise Surprise was commissioned in Slovakia, where TV Joj is ...