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Lucien Brouwer Disney+ is collaborating with NPO on the Dutch adaptation of Wolven: het spel van list en bedrog, with the series set for broadcast on BNNVARA on NPO 1 and simultaneous streaming on NPO Start and Disney+. Lucien Brouwer, member of the board of directors of NPO, commented, “With this, we are taking an important step in how we, as a public broadcaster, want to collaborate with commercial media parties.

BBC Storyville has expanded to include documentary shorts alongside feature-length films, seeking “compelling films exploring the issues shaping our world.” The storied documentary strand says it wants bold, creative, and topical short documentaries.

The ongoing Gulf crisis threatens $94 billion in incremental ad revenue investment worldwide over the next 18 months, with the decline set to hit linear TV particularly hard, WARC says. Global ad growth had been upgraded to a 11.5% boost for 2026 to $1.39 trillion, but the volatility from the Iran war could nix as much as $39.6 billion from growth this year alone.

Gracie’s Corner With almost 10 billion lifetime views on YouTube and over 6.3 million subs, Gracie’s Corner has been added to the lineups at Disney Jr. and Disney+. The deal for the singalong series covers the linear and streaming rights to 120-plus shorts and 18 themed compilations, plus collaboration on new original content. Gracie’s Corner arrives on Disney+ on Monday in the U.S. and select international markets with 68 shorts and seven compilations.

Hoho Rights has expanded its catalog with the distribution rights to the Channel 5 Milkshake! commission Mimi’s World and CITV’s classic Fetch the Vet, and announced a number of sales around the world. Mimi’s World, covering 40 episodes, was produced by Adastra Development with funding from Northern Ireland Screen and support from the BFI’s Young Audiences Content Fund. Fetch the Vet is a stop-motion production that was a hit on CITV in the 2000s.

Jeff Shultz Radial Entertainment has hired Brendon Thomas, previously SVP of distribution and business development at Paramount Global, as its chief revenue officer, reporting to CEO Jeff Shultz. Thomas is tasked with driving revenue generation opportunities at the company, focusing on distribution, licensing, advertising, business development, and new market expansion.

Available from today on Movistar Plus+, The Last Duel is an hour-long documentary from The Mediapro Studio charting the epic rivalry between football legends Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Out in time for the World Cup, the documentary is being distributed globally by The Mediapro Studio Distribution, having already arrived in 80-plus markets, among them Portugal, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, the U.S., Italy, the U.K., and more. It is directed by Ivan Fanlo.

The All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN) has secured the rights to showcase on its global feed live coverage of the Women’s Softball World Cup and the Women’s Baseball World Cup.

Little Dot Studios is licensing 150 hours of factual content from Sphere Abacus for its digital network and has been appointed as the distributor’s official agent for digital copyright management across global social and video platforms. The 150 hours from the premium Sphere Abacus slate will be deployed across Little Dot Studios’ network of genre-based YouTube and FAST brands in the crime, history, science, lifestyle, and nature spheres.

Alexandre Bac’s BACSTAGE Media Group has clinched a deal to bring Padel Time TV to JioTV and JioTV+ in India. The channel is entirely focused on the fast-growing niche sport of padel, delivering competitions, player profiles, original productions, instructional content, documentaries, and lifestyle fare.