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ITV Studios and mobile game developer Fusebox Games have announced a renewed deal to expand the mobile game Love Island: The Game for another three years.

More than 40% of behind the scenes workers for the UK’s film and TV industry have less than £1,000 in savings, with 29% reporting low cash savings and high levels of debt, according to the latest report from the Film and TV Charity.

Channel 4 has unveiled a five-year strategy to reshape the organisation which will involve reducing its headcount by 18% and moving out of its Horseferry Road HQ.

The BBC is to put key brands Blue Peter, Cardiff Singer of the World, Eurovision Song Contest and Sports Personality of the Year out to a competitive tender.

Fremantle has acquired a minority stake in Boldprint Studios, the newly formed production company from former Channel 4 Head of Entertainment, Phil Harris.

The UK’s Rugby League has unveiled its new global, direct-to-consumer streaming service, SuperLeague+.

Subscribers to US streaming service Peacock nearly doubled in 2023 to hit 31 million.

The Esports World Cup Foundation, the Saudi Arabian nonprofit hosting the inaugural Esports World Cup this summer, has unveiled Mobile Legends: Bang Bang (MLBB) as the first confirmed title.

The 2024 tranche of broadcast technology specialists whose proposals were successfully shortlisted to this year’s IBC Accelerator Media Innovation Programme will be pitching their ideas to a live, in-person audience and a panel of judges on 6 March.

Merchant bank Forest Road is to take a majority stake in media investment bank ACF.