Unscripted

Disney+ expands APAC originals, highlights Korean demand

After The Party indie chief lauds ‘political act’ of female-centric dramas
Helen Bowden also hails significance of Channel 4 buying Kiwi thriller
Indiepics taps factual producer as head of international
Eoin O’Shea joins Irish outfit behind RTÉ’s Ear to the Ground
Fulwell73 and LeBron James’ SpringHill strike mega-merger deal
Transatlantic company will have a vast unscripted footprint
Sky selects diverse indies for tailored docs support
Dare Pictures, 22Summers, Proper Content and Zandland will work with Sky Documentaries
Disney streaming profits leap
Entertainment SVoDs contribute £199m of overall £253m in Q4
Fremantle content slump puts dent in RTL Group revenues
Got Talent outfit’s revenues dip by more than 7%
Zinc moves into entertainment with label launch
Andrea Hamilton joins from ModestTV to head up Electric Violet
Ex-Monkey head and ex-Talkback exec set up with BBCS
Ollie Brack and James Longman establish Jolly Octopus to develop ents formats
Future Studios to close TV production arm
Publisher looking to redeploy staff

Guy Fawkes takes a back seat in Lightbox’s first docudrama, which delivers a fresh take on history with a modest budget

Andrea Jackson and Karen Plumb explain indie’s heartland can strengthen ’noisy and audacious ideas’

Distributors in our survey report being asked to increase funding to get programmes made, while also dealing with falling demand from buyers