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Prime Video is set to debut its first Nordic documentary, Take a Chance, about ABBA stalker Gert van der Graaf, on May 19 in Europe.

Filming has begun for the upcoming Sky original true-crime documentary Car Park Murder (w.t.), delving into the 2006 murder of millionaire Charlotte Böhringer.

Banijay UK’s Kudos has partnered with Sarah Lancashire’s Via Pictures and BAFTA-winning screenwriter Steven Knight to develop a series based on William Shakespeare’s life.

We Are Lady Parts writer Raisah Ahmed and Freedom Scripted are developing a TV adaptation of Ayesha’s Gift by Martin Sixsmith (The Lost Child of Philomena Lee).

With a looming writers’ strike in the U.S. and broadcasters and platforms eager to deliver cost-effective programming amid financial concerns, the global formats business is gearing up for a potential new boom, borne out by the wealth of news that emerged from MIPTV and MIPFormats last week.

France’s CANAL+ has picked up seasons one and two of the non-dialogue animated series Noodle and Bun from Monster Entertainment.

ORF-Enterprise has signed a slew of deals from its factual and drama slates in Europe, North America and Asia.

Autentic Distribution has secured deals in Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia for its new and existing lineup of documentaries.

New research from Omdia forecasts that FAST channels will generate revenues of $6.3 billion this year, with 80 percent of that to come from the U.S.

Jeff Shell, CEO of NBCUniversal, is leaving the company effective immediately following an investigation into a complaint of "inappropriate conduct."