All the latest news from the global content industry on Thursday, 16 July

 

ABC in Oz welcomes Lady Grace 

ABC in Australia, Hot in Israel and Switzerland’s RTS have picked up the first two seasons of tween spy series The Lady Grace Mysteries.

The trio have pre-bought the upcoming second season following deals with distributors Federation Kids & Family and ZDF Studios, while Radio-Canada (Canada), YLE (Finland), NRK (Norway) and NPO (The Netherlands) have taken S1 rights.

The Lady Grace Mysteries, which totals 23 x 24-minytes episodes, is produced by Cottonwood Media, Coolabi Productions and commissioned by ZDF Studios and BBC Children’s and Education.

It is based on the children’s detective fiction novels of the same name and centres around 14-year-old Lady Grace Cavendish, the world’s first female teenage detective working as a private spy for Queen Elizabeth I.

 

Objective’s production chief to exit

Objective Media Group’s (OMG) director of production and operations Roz Pound is to leave after a decade at All3Media, Broadcast has learned.

Pound will step down from the All3Media sub-group at the end of July with no plans to replace her. She had recently taken over the running of the business alongside commercial director Holly Pye, following the departure of chief executive Layla Smith.

“After 10 years at the company Roz Pound has made the decision to leave her role as director of production and operations to spend more time with family,” said an OMG spokesperson.

Pye will now run the business, with Beccy Green continuing as head of production for unscripted, and Jane Harrison as head of production for scripted. Read more

 

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