Jamie Stalcup

The Grand Prix Japan Prize, presented to the most outstanding work among the nine programs presented during the Japan Prize Festival, was awarded to Jumping Ibex and Deutsche Welle’s Can I Hug You?

The Brit List, which showcases outstanding writing talent from the U.K. that might otherwise have gone unnoticed, has unveiled its 16th list, which features 13 scripts by 15 writers.

Adsmovil has released the FAST channels Romance and Suspenso in Spanish on Roku, Fire TV, Android, iOS and Apple TV.

Iain Coyle and Joe McVey, former commissioners at UKTV/Dave, have launched Square Pears, a comedy content creation label, in partnership with Nest Productions.

The BBC has recommissioned Two Brothers Pictures’ comedy Dinosaur after the series won two prizes at the BAFTA Scotland Awards.

FOX has unveiled its midseason schedule, with Going Dutch, Doc and Kitchen Nightmares: Road to Super Bowl LIX to bow and The Floor, The Masked Singer, Animal Control and Hell’s Kitchen to return.

Blue Ant Media has expanded its live events portfolio with The Women’s Healthy Living Show, launching in June 2025 in Toronto.

The 51st edition of the Japan Prize Festival Week, organized by NHK, is set to take place from November 18 to 21 to celebrate the winners of each division, awarded earlier this year, and reveal the overall Grand Prix winner.

Samsung TV Plus has launched the TV5MONDE Voyage channel in France, with the TV5MONDE Info channel to follow in December in France and Italy.

During a keynote at MIPCOM, The Mediapro Studio’s Laura Fernández Espeso and JC Acosta unveiled the company’s U.S. and Canadian outfit’s slate of English-language series, documentaries and films for 2025.