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Polish Film Institute looks beyond the funding model

YouTube’s Rajarshi Lahiri to keynote at Create London

Toxic culture of overworking freelancers must change say welfare experts

LA animation studio Aura Productions developing AI-created shortform anime slate

Black Doves producer Sister promotes scripted exec Chris Fry to MD

Korean format agency Something Special receives investment from SB Partners, Daekyo Investment

Acquisitions exec Emmanuel Eckert steps down at Mediawan Rights to set up consultancy

Iain Wimbush and Emily Hudd partner with BBC Studios on formats outfit Bango Studios

Interactive murder mystery series Dreamcrusher debuts on streamer Reveel

Sky, Movistar, SVT among buyers of Hayao Miyazaki docufilm

Fremantle eyes small, medium-sized prodco acquisitions to reach delayed $3.25bn yearly revenue target

Fern Britton goes Inside the Vet’s with ITV

Comcast appoints David Novak as chairman of spin-off company SpinCo

Canada’s Underknown rolls out Popular Science

Former Netflix exec Chris Whiteley joins Spotify as MD of Northern Europe

Programming chief Leonora Bardini elevated to director of Brazil’s TV Globo

Patricio Hernández returns as CEO of Chile’s Megamedia after Villanueva’s shock exit

First majors confirm CEE Screenings at Content Warsaw with others set to join the three-day event

Concerns raised over lack of pubcasters signed up to YouTube kids wellbeing scheme

Kiwi comedy Step Dave set for Mandarin adaptation following deal with Astro in Asia

How Zefyr powers Norway’s film and TV industry

Unscripted Banijay Entertainment format Hunted spreads into three new territories

Screen Queensland and Screen Oz back Instagram comedy series Not Russian Anywhere

Teledoce and Transmedia Group snap up Canadian comedy series format LOL :-)

Nine Network sets up consumer and enterprise divisions as part of digital transformation

Italy’s Rai acquires crime dramas, kids and family shows from Beta Film

David Beckham’s Studio 99 hires Universal alum Jessica Ludgrove as VP of production

MGM+ orders original crime drama The Westies from Chris Brancato, Michael Panes

Vision+ orders foodie crime drama My Chef in Crime from CreAsia Studio

Limitless Win returns for two seasons and Xmas specials