All the latest news from the global content industry on Wednesday, 24 September

 

Prime Video Spain moves into dating

Amazon’s Prime Video in Spain has unveiled its first dating format with a show from Buendia Estudios.

Esto No Es Un Dating is hosted by comedian Galder Varas, who is joined by two celebrities who will seek to help unlikely participants partner up.

The show features 100 singles of diverse profiles, ages, backgrounds and sexual orientations as they answer questions to appear on stage.

It is being filmed as-live in a theater and is slated to debut on Prime Video in 2026.

 

Critical Content up Lobl and Yates

SK Global’s US-baeed production firm Critical Content has appointed exec vice president of development, Rob Lobl, and exec vice president of production, Tony Yates, to lead the company.

Lobl will lead on creative and development for the Ginny & Georgia producer, while Yates oversees production.

The duo take the role of Jenny Daly, who joined A. Smith & Co earlier this year.

 

Blink’s space station goes global

Blink Films is behind a documentary about the International Space Station (ISS) for broadcasters in the US, Australia and France.

Terror on the Space Station, which will air as either a 2 x 60-minute series or a 90-minute single, recounts a series of near-catastrophic incidents aboard the ISS from the people who witnessed them. Astronauts and mission control insiders reveal the most terrifying moments they have faced onboard the ISS since its first crew boarded in November 2000.

Gas leaks, meteor strikes, docking disasters, colliding satellites, spacewalks, showers of space junk and the moment the ISS backflipped out of control are among the life-and-death stories that will feature in the film.

The doc will air on PSB in the US as Operation Space Station for its Nova strand, and will also broadcast France Télévisions and on SBS in Australia. It will receive a theatrical release in the UK. Read more