The Channel 4-backed Spirit Studios has appointed screenwriter and producer Martin Sadofski as its first head of scripted.

WarnerMedia has secured a first-look deal with the award-winning German-Turkish film director, screenwriter and producer Fatih Akin.

ITV has signed a deal with WarnerMedia International Television Distribution that will make it the exclusive free-to-air home of programs such as The Sex Lives of College Girls in the U.K.

Prime Video is planning to spend £10 million ($13 million) across three years for a new multifaceted training initiative designed to open up access to jobs in the TV and film industry across the U.K.

M6 Group has received a put option for the channel 6ter from Altice Media and has granted it exclusive negotiation rights.

In response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the European Union is banning the Russian state-owned Russia Today and Sputnik, as well as their subsidiaries, across Europe.

RED Production Company has hired Margaret Conway as its new head of production.

The latest Establishment Survey from BARB shows that in Q4, the number of U.K. households with access to an SVOD service rose to 19.1 million (66.9 percent of homes), up from 18.7 million homes (65.8 percent) in Q3 2021.

Fremantle and the European production hub Cinecittà have entered into a framework agreement that covers, among other aspects, continuous rental of six soundstages at the Roman studios.

ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) and Canal+ Group have entered into a long-term strategic partnership, which includes the expansion of Paramount+ into the French market.