All the latest news from the global content industry on Thursday, 28 August

 

Big Media’s Netflix co-pro heads to CEE

AMC Networks International Central & Northern Europe (AMCNI CNE) has picked up three shows from Big Media, including Netflix co-production Spycraft.

The 8 x 60-minute series explores the techniques, methods and technologies used in espionage, and has been acquired alongside BIG Media’s newest original series Unthinkable: Moments that Shocked the World.

The 6 x 60-minute docuseries tracks the most-significant news events of recent history to uncover what happened, why it mattered, how it changed the world, and why their impact still reverberates today.

Also added to the slate is History 360, a series of short videos that introduce viewers to various subjects, people, events, and ideas that have changed the world.

 

NFL heads to Paramount’s 5 in UK

Paramount-owned UK network 5 will be the free-to-air home of the Super Bowl this year, after expanding its deal with the NFL. 

The broadcaster previously showed Monday Night Football and the NFL End Zone show, but will onw instead air two Sunday evening fixtures live as well as the UK and Ireland international matches, Thanksgiving Day specials and three playoff games. 

Perhaps most notably, it will show the showpiece Super Bowl LX, which had been on ITV last time round.

 

BBC extends Death Valley

Timonthy Spall-starring cosy crime drama Death Valley is to return for a second season on the BBC.

The BBC Studios Comedy has begun filming on a 6 x 45-minute second series, with the actor taking on an exec producer role.

The show follows an unlikely pair of crime solvers – a retired actor (Spall) and a Welsh detective sergeant (Gwyneth Keyworth) - and was created by Paul Doolan.  

The first series launched on a Sunday in May and achieved the largest UK audience for a new BBC scripted show in five years, pulling in a consolidated 4.3m viewers, while the series averaged 4.6m across 28 days, according to Barb data supplied by overnights.tv.

The show also sold to BritBox North America, where it was the second most watched show of the year so far in its first 30 days. 

 

 

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