All the latest news from the global content industry on Wednesday, 8 April

 

France TV, RTVE joins Espresso docuseries

France Télévisions and RTVE in Spain have boarded European co-production Destination: Proxima Centauri, with distributor Espresso Media International now starting pre-sales.

The 2 x 52-minute or 1 x 52-minute series is from Somadrome (Spain) and Morgane Productions (France), and also has Sweden’s SVT and Canal Odisea-AMC Networks Southern Europe attached.

The fully-funded science series, which is directed by Ruth Chao and is in production, is set in 2175 and imagines a human mission to land on another star. It is set to deliver Q1 2027.

 

Netflix reveals ‘Made in Argentina’ slate 

Netflix has opened new offices in Buenos Aires and unveiled its ‘Made In Argentina’ film and TV slate for 2026 and 2027.

The office located in the capital’s Villa Crespo district is inaugurated eight years after Netflix began local-language production in Argentina and opened its first office in 2021.

The larger hub expands the local team and will house approximately 40 to 50 staffers. Netflix also has offices in Mexico and Brazil.

The 2026 TV slate includes Pablo Larraín’s supernatural horror miniseries My Sad Dead, thriller Gordon from directors Pablo Trapero and Pablo Fendrik, and Sebastián Borensztein’s miniseries based on his novel The Russian. Football documentary Emi Martínez: The Kid Who Stops Time is also in the works.

 

BBC names head of YouTube

BBC Children’s has promoted head of digital media Lydia Mossahebi to the newly created role of head of YouTube, Broadcast has learned.

Mossahebi will lead the division’s YouTube activity, setting its content and programming strategy and overseeing commercial activity with BBC Studios.

The role has been devised following the BBC’s landmark deal with YouTube, which will see it create original content for the platform for the first time.

The corporation will initially launch seven new kids channels off the back of the deal, including The Epic Facts channel featuring content from CBBC’s Operation Ouch, Horrible Histories, Horrible Science and Deadly 60. Read more

 

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