Friday round-up: Latest news, deals & hires
All the latest news from the global content industry on Friday, 1 May
Netflix adapts YouTube drama Minimum Wage
Streamer greenlights workplace series consisting of 28 episodes, each lasting around 12 minutes
Amazon MGM Studios Nordic originals chief expands remit
Rejig follows recent exit of Prime Video Nordics head Andreas Hjertø
Starz extends fully-owned drama push with Black rodeo series
Eight-part show set in Texas follows company’s greenlight last year for British series Fightland
2026 TV festivals and markets calendar: latest dates
Latest TV festival and market dates from across the world
AMC greenlights NASCAR scripted series Thunder Road
Dennis Quaid-starring show will track tumultuous lives of fictional stock car racing family







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