The Edinburgh TV Festival’s MacTaggart Lecture is typically the session at the annual event that can be guaranteed to generate headlines, discussion and occasionally a little controversy. This year’s ...

U.S. cable network HGTV has revealed its 2025-26 slate featuring more than 100 episodes of new and returning series, including a spin-off of the popular series Home Town and a ...

The Grierson Trust has appointed Tom McDonald as the new chair of its board of trustees. McDonald (pictured), currently EVP of global factual and unscripted at National Geographic, will take up ...

BBC sets Bear Grylls series Wild Reckoning, podcast adaptation Believe in Magic The BBC has announced commissions for a pair of new projects, including a new Wales-based series from host and ...

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has scheduled the world premiere of Barry Avrich’s The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue for September 10 at Roy Thomson Hall — the ...

Hallmark Media has cut 30 jobs as it aims to, in its words, “transition our workforce to meet the needs of the business today.” Among those impacted is VP of production ...

A+E’s Lifetime has eliminated a number of positions in its unscripted division. As first reported by Deadline, roles cut at the U.S. cable network include Nicole Vogel, VP, programming and development ...

Amazon-owned streamer Prime Video has set a September 5 premiere date for a new culinary series fronted by Matilda “Tilly” Ramsay (pictured right), daughter of legendary chef and food TV ...

Fox Entertainment Studios (FES) has brought on Netflix alum Michelle Huynh to fill the post of EVP, studio content operations. In her new role, Huynh (pictured) will report to Fernando Szew, ...

London-based documentary sales, distribution and production company Dogwoof has acquired international sales rights for Tamara Kotevska’s feature doc The Tale of Silyan. The 81-minute film ...

Netflix is partnering with YouTuber and former NASA engineer Mark Rober on a new science-based competition series. The as-yet-untitled, kid-focused show will be fronted by Rober (pictured) and is ...

Paramount Global’s UK-based network 5 has commissioned the factual entertainment series James May: The Human Machine (w/t, 4 x 60 min.) from London- and Bristol-based prodco Plum Pictures. The ...