SPI International/FilmBox and Telekom Romania have inked a distribution deal to launch SPI’s flagship premium movie channel, FilmBox Premium, in Romania.

Animation Ireland, the trade body representing Ireland’s animation studios, has named Ronan McCabe its new chief executive.

Alleycats Films, an award-winning Northern Irish indie, has started 2020 with a string of commissions, including a second-season renewal from RTÉ for the dating format Pulling With My Parents, as well as three new documentary orders from BBC Northern Ireland.

Green Inc., a Northern Irish indie, has launched a new office in the Republic of Ireland, enabling the company to operate both in the European Union and the U.K.

HBO’s new half-hour comedy Run is set to have its world premiere in Lille, having been chosen as the 2020 Series Mania Festival Closing Night series.

The multi-award-winning animation and VFX studio Jellyfish Pictures is set to expand its presence in Northern England with plans to open a new studio in Sheffield.

WildBrain CPLG has secured a deal with the contemporary fashion brand LC23 and the sportswear company Diadora for a footwear collaboration inspired by Pink Panther.

BBC Studios has appointed Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway Executive Producer Pete Ogden to the position of creative director of entertainment North.

The BBC has commissioned Fizz and Nice One TV to produce Lightning, a new teatime entertainment show hosted by award-winning comic Zoe Lyons.

Jellyfish Pictures has expanded its senior creative team with two key appointments, naming Nicolas Hernandez VFX supervisor and Kevin Hoppe CG supervisor.