Thursday round-up: Latest news, deals & hires

NBCU takes ITVS shows into LatAm  

Peacock’s top streaming original Love Island USA and Love Island Games as well as Love Island All Stars will be landing in Latin America for the first time as part of a high-volume, non-scripted deal inked by ITV Studios.

The 290-hour package will see NBCUniversal International Networks and DTC Latin America taking the shows, alongside Abused by Mum: The Ruby Franke Scandal from ITN Productions and I Cut Off His Penis: The Truth Behind The Headlines from Grain Media.

Rob Kaplan, vice president of US and Latam at ITVS global partnerships, struck the deal.

HGTV makes bumper unscripted order

Warner Bros Discovery’s US cablenet HGTV has ordered 400 half-hour episodes of lifestyle shows House Hunters and House Hunters International as part of a bumper unscripted pick-up.

House Hunters is produced by Pie Town Productions, and House Hunters International is produced by Argonon’s Leopard USA.

Fifty episodes of Botched Homes from US prodco Monument have also been greenlit, alongside seasons of Arrow Media’s Neighborhood Watch (w/t), Twenty Twenty Television’s World’s Bargain Dream Homes (wt) and Property Brothers: Under Pressure (wt), from Scott Brothers Entertainment.

BBC’s Stricly hosts to exit

Long-time co-presenters of BBC1’s juggernaut Strictly Come Dancing Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are to leave the show. 

They will step down after the end of the latest series in December and posted a video statement on Daly’s Instagram feed. Daly also posted a written statement on the platform calling the role “one of the greatest joys and privileges of [her] career”.  

“This isn’t a goodbye to glitter, sequins, or Saturday night sparkle (I would never say goodbye to those!). Strictly will forever hold a special place in my heart - but it does feel like the right time to hand over the reins.” The pair have presented the show together since 2014, with Daly presenting since it started in 2004 alongside Bruce Forsyth.