Tim Carter, Managing Director, Unscripted, UK, ITV Studios, has confirmed a new creative leadership structure for unscripted label Twofour. In the first announcement to come from Carter in his newly appointed role, the senior leadership team at Twofour, are promoted into their roles with immediate effect. David Brindley is named as the label’s new Chief […]
Disney+ has announced a raft of reality commissions including the return of the iconic dating series Blind Date, reimagined for a contemporary audience. The new Blind Date series will begin in a secret location, where contestants must choose between three potential suitors, hidden from view behind the legendary Blind Date wall, the only thing […]
ITV Studios has announced at NATPE Budapest a strategic partnership with Paprika Studios, an independent production company in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Paprika Studios will exclusively represent six of ITV Studios’ top non-scripted formats across seven key markets: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. The six titles Paprika Studios will represent […]
ITV Studios has named Tim Carter as Managing Director, Unscripted, UK. Currently CEO of ITV Studios’ MultiStory Media and Twofour, Carter will take up the role in the summer from Angela Jain and will assume responsibility for all of ITV Studios’ unscripted business in the UK, which houses 11 unscripted labels. Carter will report directly […]
The Great Escapers is a new prime time series, which will take some of the nation’s best known ITV faces and send them off on their very first holiday together. Produced by South Shore and co-funded by Jet2holidays, this 4x60minute travelogue series will see famous faces travel to some of Europe’s premiere holiday destinations such […]
Hayu – the all-reality, direct-to-consumer SVoD service from NBCUniversal – has announced the cast of The Real Housewives of London. Hayu’s first-ever commission of an original series is produced by Universal Television Alternative Studio UK Productions (UTAS UK Productions) (Made in Chelsea), a division of Universal Studio Group, and is the 30th instalment in the […]
Toba Media, a venture studio founded by Floris Bauer and Van Toffler that builds and invests in new media brands and channels, has announced the launch of #SayWhat?!, a reality-driven, always-on FAST channel featuring raw social experiments, outrageous challenges, and candid storytelling designed for audiences craving real and unfiltered entertainment. Created in partnership with CUT […]
WWE and Netflix have announced that WWE: Unreal, a new reality series, is coming to the streaming platform this summer. For the first time ever, the series will allow fans to step into the WWE writer’s room and outside the ring with some of the biggest WWE Superstars, where the drama is often just as […]
ITV2 is set to become the linear home of all of ITV’s most popular reality series as they move from the retiring ITVBe brand to the digital channel in June. The likes of The Only Way is Essex of The Real Housewives of Cheshire will join a schedule of returning formats and new commissions which […]
Banijay Rights, the global distribution arm of content powerhouse Banijay Entertainment, has announced the launch of The Osbournes FAST Channel, in a move that will see the iconic reality series made available on free ad-supported services. The Osbournes launches this April on Rakuten TV, LG Channels, Xumo Play, TCL, VIZIO, Sling Freestream, Plex, Anoki and […]