All the latest news from the global content industry on Friday, 23 October

 

Keshet 12 extends Who Wants to Start? 

Israel's Keshet 12 has ordered a second season of celebrity entertainment format Who Wants to Start?, which was launched to international buyers at Mipcom earlier this month.

Created by Assi Azar, Anat Stalinsky and Keshet Broadcasting, Who Wants to Start? sees five celebrities united by one defining life experience meet for the first time.

The show's third episode premieres tonight on Keshet 12.

 

Amazon alum to lead production for Disney LatAm

Disney has appointed former Amazon Studios and Shine Group exec Ana Toro-Macilla as its head of production in LatAm.

Toto-Mancilla, who broke the news on LinkedIn, will lead on all aspects of production across the region having most recently been head of production at Colombia's TIS Studios.

Before that she worked across physical production for Amazon's scripted originals in Europe and Lat Am, and was a director of production at Shine Group.

 

Expectation lands Danny Dyer extension at Sky

Sky in the UK has ordered a Christmas special of its reality entertainment title The Dyers’ Caravan Park, following the show’s first series earlier this year, Broadcast can reveal.

Clarkson’s Farm producer Expectation is behind the 1 x 45-minute The Dyers’ Caravan Park: A Merry Elfing Christmas, starring actor Danny Dyer and his daughter Dani.

The six-part first series on Sky1 and Now saw the pair invest in and run a holiday caravan park. It has been recommissioned for a second series next year. Read more 

 

 

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