Australia’s ‘Muster Canines‘ Heading To UK
Australia’s Muster Canines are heading to the UK. The Restore Store producer Ricochet has optioned the hit format, which has aired on Australia’s ABC for 3 seasons. Muster Canines follows six animal farmers from throughout the nation who’re every given a pet from the identical litter after which face the duty of coaching them as much as be herding canines in only one yr. ABC says it has been a shock hit. Season 1 had 2 million consolidated viewers per episode, making it the community’s highest ranking factual programme on home catch-up of all time. The U.S. format has additionally been optioned by Hellcat Productions, and ABC Business is in format discussions with companions in Spain, France and the Nordics. The final Australian canine format to make its technique to the UK was Insurgent Wilson-hosted Pooch Good however this didn’t make it previous Season 1. Damon Pattison, who was instrumental in establishing that present, is now inventive director at Ricochet. “It’s a superb format and I feel the mixture of totally lovely puppies, the gorgeous British countryside and a dose of aggressive actuality will make this sequence a certain fireplace hit within the UK,” he stated of Muster Canines.
Seaside Home Hires Business Boss
Singapore’s Seaside Home Footage has employed a industrial and advertising boss. Within the newly-created Head of Business and Advertising and marketing position, veteran content material strategist Benjamin Lee will set up partnerships with inventive companies, co-pitch with authorities companies on large-scale tasks and supply strategic course for communications consultancy companies. Lee beforehand served as Director for Inventive and Content material Technique at DSTNCT and Head of Content material Technique at Tribal Worldwide Singapore, the place he labored with main manufacturers together with McDonald’s, DBS, and Volkswagen. Fremantle-owned Seaside Home runs industrial choices Seaside Home Labs and House Lion Studios. Based in 2005 by producers Donovan Chan and Jocelyn Little, it has made tasks for Netflix, Prime Video and Warner Bros. Discovery. Chan and Little stated: “Benjamin’s appointment represents an necessary evolution in our progress technique. His distinctive mix of inventive storytelling and industrial acumen will probably be instrumental as we proceed to increase our branded content material capabilities.”
BAFTA Movie Awards Unveils 2026 Dates
The BAFTA Movie Awards will happen on Sunday, 22 February 2026. The awards physique stated final yr’s ceremony was watched by 3.4 million folks on BBC One. The 2025 present was dominated by Conclave and The Brutalist, which took 4 wins every. Conclave received finest movie. BAFTA voting takes place over three rounds: longlisting, nominations, and winners, by the academy’s world voting movie membership.
‘Vegesaurs’ Roam On PBS Stations
Animated pre-school sequence Vegesaurs will make its U.S. debut on PBS member stations by way of American Public Tv (APT). The present comes from Cheeky Little Media in affiliation with Australian pubcaster the ABC, France Télévisions and Studio 100 Worldwide, which additionally handles distribution. Key PBS stations within the likes of New York Metropolis, L.A. and San Francisco have already picked it up, with extra anticipated to comply with go well with in coming weeks. The light comedy-action sequence Vegesaurs is ready in a world the place food-based dinosaurs roam, with the younger tricarrotops Ginger main the tales on playful adventures along with her three pea-rex mates, Break up, Minty and Wasabi. Epic Story Media serves because the licensing agent for the U.S. and Canada, whereas Epic Story Toys is the appointed world grasp toy companion for the model.
