Garden Studios has doubled its sound stage footprint with the opening of four new sound stages, bringing the total to eight. Now encompassing 98,000 sq. ft of stages, 90,000 sq ft of warehouse, 40,000 sq ft of production offices, and two large unit base lots over 30,000 sq ft each, making Garden Studios the largest […]
Big Light Productions – the producer behind Leonardo and The Man in the High Castle, led by writer and producer Frank Spotnitz – is serving as a co-producer on Black Spark Film & TV’s upcoming sci-fi drama series We Come in Peace for TV4 and ZDF. Alongside series creator and writer Lars Lundström (Real Humans), […]
Canadian independent producer Go Button Media has announced that it is in production on a second 6 x 60’ season of its popular series, The Animal Within. This series represents the second greenlight from its latest 36-hour slate deal with partners Autentic, a leading international distributor and producer of high-quality factual content, and Super Channel, […]
Channel 5 is piloting a new director training scheme, aimed at creating opportunities for diverse talent in episodic drama. The inaugural scheme, developed in collaboration with production company Clapperboard, is designed to provide emerging directors with the opportunity to step up into prime-time episodic drama. Clapperboard has selected Munir Malik as the first director to […]
Pascal Dalton, a seasoned television executive who has worked for some of the industry’s biggest distributors and producers, has launched Shimmer Media, a new business specialising in optimising scripted and non-scripted formats across the international media landscape. Shimmer Media aims to bring a fresh perspective to format management and monetisation – capitalising on Dalton’s experience […]
Tell Media, a technical production company based in York and London, is celebrating a period of rapid expansion, marked by a series of strategic announcements. Tell gas announced significant financial growth statistics, a new global office location along with a strengthened senior leadership team. The company, which was launched in late 2020, announced a turnover […]
Television production company Harry King TV is launching Harry King Unscripted with new format Curiosity, fronted by comedian Henning Wehn and TV presenter and antiques expert Raj Bisram. The production company will launch the format at the inaugural MIP London later this February. Curiosity is a new original unscripted format set in a shop that […]
The Whisper Group, the global production company, specialising in sports, documentaries, branded content, live events, esports and unscripted entertainment, has announced the appointment of two leading industry figures to its Advisory Board. Matt Rogan, co-founder and former CEO, Exec Chair of Two Circles and subsequently a strategic adviser for some of the biggest businesses and investors in sport, and Tina […]
The Film and TV Charity has published its full assessment of the 2024 Looking Glass Survey. The report follows the earlier release of headline data that showed mental health in the industry has worsened. The full report paints a bleak picture of the state of mental health and wellbeing among professionals working behind the scenes […]
The launch of a major new film and TV production studio, John Gore Studios has been announced along with the appointment of industry veteran Hilary Strong as CEO. John Gore Studios is founded by award winning entertainment producer John Gore, a 22-time Tony winner, as well as a recipient of 2 Emmys and 2 Oliviers. British-born […]