Jamie Stalcup

Florida Film has hired Maren Knieling to serve as joint managing director alongside Arne Kreutzfeldt, effective July 1.

Endeavor Content-backed The Story Company has rebranded as The Story Collective and made three senior appointments to its management team.

BBC and ITV’s joint streamer BritBox is set to launch in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland on April 28 with thousands of hours of premium British content.

BBC Two has ordered a second season of the award-winning comedy series Alma’s Not Normal, created, written and executive produced by Sophie Willan.

Channel 4 has commissioned a collection of seven new Blaps, featuring talent such as Kiell Smith-Bynoe, Jamie Demetriou and Rosie Jones.

Banijay Germany has partnered with the Austrian startup influence.vision as it continues to grow in the tech and influencer realm.

Austrian drama and blue-chip documentary titles from ORF, ORF-Enterprise and Film Austria garnered interest from international broadcasters and platforms at MIPTV 2022.

Nordic Entertainment Group’s Viaplay has unveiled the three winners of its first Viaplay Original Talent Awards, which will all begin development and help new talent enter the streaming industry.

The BBC has made a series of appointments to its Commercial Board, which oversees BBC Studios, including naming Damon Buffini chairman.

ITV, STV and Livewire Pictures have teamed with the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) and the media and entertainment group Global to stage the Concert for Ukraine broadcast to raise money for humanitarian aid on March 29.