With the Nine Network’s primary channel on track to deliver its highest ever commercial shares this year, the broadcaster’s upfronts announcement on Wednesday night predictably contained few surprises.
The pandemic-induced advertising downturn and temporary suspension of the local content quotas have not impacted the Nine Network's prime-time commissioning and acquisitions for 2021.
Discovery has upped its Australian commissions with 'Sydney Harbour Force', a ten-hour ob-doc series from WTFN.
Distributor Fred Media has inked deals for factual entertainment series 'Space Invaders' across the US, Europe, and Australasia.
Stephen Peters has been appointed head of development at WTFN after working with the company for nearly a year as a contracted consultant.
New spin-offs of 'The Voice' and 'House Rules' join a host of returning franchises on the Seven Network's 2022 slate, which features a renewed focus on light entertainment. Of the titles announced as part of the upfronts, Screentime's 'Claremont' was the sole local drama.
Distributor Fred Media has fielded further European interest for factual entertainment series Space Invaders, with More4 in the UK and 6ter (a Groupe M6 FTA channel) in France acquiring both seasons of the Nine Network program.
WTFN's 'Police Strike Force' uses video and sound captured by the New South Wales Police Media Unit, combined with surveillance, search and interview footage to provide an insight into police stings and taskforce operations.