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

 

Netflix preps Mo Gilligan’s Big Chicken doc

Mo Gilligan is bringing his comedy chops to the world of factual in his debut documentary for Netflix, investigating the world’s global fried chicken obsession and its hidden costs.

Big Chicken: A Fast Food Conspiracy is produced by Mindhouse, the company behind previous Netflix hit doc Louis Theroux: Inside the Manosphere, and will launch on 5 August.

As a self-proclaimed lover of the food, Gilligan puts his body to the test in an experiment that sees him eat fried chicken three times a day for 28 days in a row, replicating a similar exercise undertaken by the late Morgan Spurlock in Super Size Me.

Over the course of the month, he embarks on an eye-opening journey from South London to the US to reveal the historical origins of fried chicken and the social, economic and industrial forces that fuel our mass consumption. Read more

 

TiVo and Wedotv strike FAST pact

Wedotv has struck a deal that will see its FAST channels become available on TiVo Channels.

TiVo Channels will initially include eight of wedotv’s FAST channels, as well as making the wedotv streaming app available across TiVo’s European connected TV and automotive platforms.

Wedotv Movies will launch in the UK, Germany, and Italy, while wedotv Big Stories and the single IP channel wedotv: Legacy will also be available in the UK.

Among a raft of agreements, Wedotv True Stories and wedotv Sports will be available in Germany, as will wedotv Cars in France and wedotv Amor in Spain.

 

Ana María Londoño hired by Netflix

Netflix has named Ana María Londoño as its head of content in Colombia.

The move for the veteran TV writer comes as the streamer is looking to expand its originals in the Lat Am country, with One Hundred Years of Solitude S2 and Palacio soon set to launch.

Londoño is tasked with working with local talent on domestic shows that can travel.

 

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