Jamie Stalcup

Netflix has unveiled three new Nordic programs, including a Swedish crime series, a Danish feature film and a new season of a Norwegian series, that will be launching globally in 2025.

Thirty-six distributors have already signed up to take part in the 2025 London TV Screenings, which will run with an expanded schedule from February 23 to February 28.

In Poland, Hungary and Romania, SPI International has launched an enhanced version of FilmBox+ with a refreshed look and new functionalities to make the streaming service even more user-friendly.

Dallas Jenkins, creator of The Chosen, has launched 5&2 Studios to oversee production of the biblical franchise and expand it beyond drama.

The Creative Diversity Network (CDN), the cross-industry body focused on increasing diversity on- and off-screen in U.K. television, and ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the U.K. screen industry, have formed a strategic partnership that will include co-siting the organizations.

Dori Media International and its chief content officer, Joshua Mintz, have signed a production partnership with Mexico City-based Atenea Media following the success of their co-production Lalola.

5X Media has tapped Limor Gott Ronen, who served as senior VP of Keshet International from 2012 to 2021, as a partner and producer.

Toronto-based New Metric Media and Montréal-based Encore have entered a partnership to co-develop and co-produce bilingual scripted and unscripted programming.

Watch Next Media has been commissioned to produce the 2D animated series Wild Kat for Gulli.

Electric Entertainment has acquired the exclusive North American distribution rights to the feature film Long December, featuring Stephen Williams, John Mark McMillan (Jude Moses) and Charley Koontz (Community, The Boys), among others.