Japan’s NHK has secured a 16-title documentary package deal for its SVOD service from Espresso Media International.
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Little Dot Studios Picks Up U.S. Rights for Diddy: In Plain Sight
May 16, 2025
Little Dot Studios has acquired the U.S. rights to Diddy: In Plain Sight from All3Media International for its Real Stories documentary YouTube channel.
Cineflix Rights Closes Unscripted Deals Across Genres
May 16, 2025
Cineflix Rights has closed deals across Europe and Australia for titles from its true-crime, travel and food catalogs.
White Man Walking to Premiere in the U.K., France & Germany
May 15, 2025
The BBC Storyville-commissioned documentary White Man Walking has been slated to premiere on May 27 on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer and has been picked up by ARTE for France and Germany.
Pioneer Productions Adds Howard Swartz as CEO
May 15, 2025
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) alum Howard Swartz has been appointed as Pioneer Productions’ CEO.
CNN Unveils New Streaming Product & Content Slate
May 15, 2025
CNN lifted the lid on its new streaming product arriving in the U.S. this fall and a wealth of new content as it pitched its brand to advertisers.
WBD Unveils 2025-26 Programming Lineup
May 15, 2025
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) has a packed programming lineup for its bouquet of channel brands for 2025-26, with a range of new unscripted titles.
Female-Led Sports Studio Show Coming to Disney+
May 14, 2025
Vibe Check, a new female-led sports-focused studio show from ESPN, is set to premiere exclusively on Disney+ in the U.S. in late June.
EverWonder & Mindhouse Prep Cable Car Rescue Doc
May 14, 2025
RedBird IMI-backed EverWonder Studio and U.K. indie Mindhouse Productions are in production on a documentary film about the dramatic August 2023 cable car rescue in Pakistan.
Video Interview: Lucky Chow’s Danielle Chang
May 14, 2025
Danielle Chang, creator and host of PBS’s Lucky Chow, sits down with World Screen Newsflash to talk about narrowing down what she wanted to focus on across season seven’s five episodes and how the culinary world has evolved over the last ten years while the show has been on air.