The agreement with the "Boiling Point" producers consists of an investment in the Ascendant Fox’s development slate and also gives BBC Studios a first look agreement on distribution rights on projects.
Rachel Okine joins the ABC Australia as Head of Scripted, overseeing the biggest Scripted slate in Australia and Susie Jones as Head of Factual, managing the largest output of factual and documentary content in the country.
In correlation with the agreement, Greenbird founders, Jamie Munro and Stuart Mullin, will join the STV Studios board in the roles of Chief Commercial Officer and Finance & Integration Director.
TF1 France and Vox Germany has joined ITV1/ITVX in the UK, ThreeNow/Three in New Zealand, TV4 in Sweden and NINE Network in Australia whom already picked up ITV's show.