Glasgow-based indie production company Freedom Scripted has announced new offices in London and Berlin, as well as new partnerships in Berlin and Lisbon. The expansion also sees the promotion of Nancy Napper Canter to Head of Development in London, and Tessa Buchanan to Development Exec in the Glasgow office. Having secured investment from the Channel […]
Former Youngest Media founder David Flynn has announced the launch of new studio Plegazoid, dedicated to creating innovative content. Plegazoid has entered into an exclusive joint venture agreement with South Shore, producer of recent Channel 4 hit Don’t Look Down, to develop and produce non scripted formats together. Flynn, a serial creator and producer of […]
The 14th Belfast Media Festival (BMF) will be held in the MAC Belfast on November 15th and 16th, following its largest turnout ever in 2022, when more than 1,000 people turned up to hear from 40 distinguished speakers. This year’s BMF entitled ‘A City in Motion’, in partnership with Northern Ireland Screen and BBC Northern […]
Sunset+Vine has appointed Peter Angell as Chief Executive. He joins the company on November 1st. Angell has operated as an independent sports media consultant since 2020 after 8 years in the role of SVP, Global Media Production at Lagardére Sports (now Sportfive) where he was overall responsible for global media operations and productions. Before that […]
Channel 4 has co-commissioned Made in Bondi (working title), a new version of the popular reality series Made in Chelsea with Australian broadcaster Seven Network. Made in Bondi, will follow the lives and loves of Sydney’s young, social elite. Set in one of Sydney’s most exclusive neighbourhoods, opulence knows no bounds and drama is always on the menu, with […]
Channel 4 has appointed Polly Scates as the new Head of Acquisitions, reporting into Kiran Nataraja, Director of Content Strategy and Planning. Scates will lead on the creation and roll out, deal terms and delivery of the strategy for all acquired series, scripted and non-scripted, as well as overseeing film across Channel 4’s VoD platform […]
UK/US producer Lightbox, founded by Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn is in production on a premium three-part documentary series co-financed by Channel 4 and Fifth Season examining the recent controversy around the rock star Marilyn Manson. Marilyn Manson: Behind the Mask (working title) charts the musician’s rise to fame, significance and role as a counterculture […]
Ad Signal, a specialist provider of video content management solutions, has announced a major expansion following record growth, with revenues topping £1 million. The company, founded by tech industry veteran Tom Dunning, has also seen its headcount jump from 15 to 26 full-time staff, with plans for additional key hires in the next year. Senior […]
Brtiain’s Human Zoos (1 x 60”), a docu-series from new independent production company, Red Bicycle, has been commissioned by Channel 4. Fronted by acclaimed Somali-British author Nadifa Mohamed – Booker Prize shortlisted for her most recent novel, The Fortune Men – the film pulls back the curtain on one of Victorian Britain’s most scandalous, yet […]
Relaunching on Freesat’s 4K TV Box, customers can once again access the Channel 4 app to stream a selection of British TV shows, US series, true crime, world drama, live sports and more. Freesat users will be able to access an additional 16,000 hours of on-demand content via the Channel 4 app. That’s instant access […]