All articles by John Elmes – Page 43
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NewsBanijay UK creates £50m growth fund
Super-indie will invest in gamechanging recruitment, production start-ups and talent deals - kicking off with filmmaker Kevin Macdonald
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NewsMediawan seals £90m development deal
Teams up with investment outfit Entourage Ventures for multi-year pact
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NewsFifth Season ramps up EMEA sales team
Severance distributor promotes Jennifer Ebell and brings in ITV Studios and Disney execs
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NewsBanijay hires dedicated M&A chief
Stéphane Préfol joins from Publicis Groupe to strengthen and deliver growth trajectory
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FeaturesAnalysis: What to do when talent goes rogue
Broadcasters have a moral duty around the behaviour of their stars, but navigating how to manage those who step out of line is a tricky business
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NewsAmazon’s Christina Wayne heads to MBC Studios
Canada and Australia chief and scriped creative lead to steer growth of Saudia Arabian production company
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NewsArgo Films launches Asian co-pro outfit Sympatico
Richard Johns’ label teams up with The Bridge and Liar Malaysian producer Double Vision
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NewsPeacock renews The Traitors
Studio Lambert gets second series of hit format with Andy Cohen to host reunion special for streamer
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NewsLouis Theroux: doc voiceovers can be ‘cheesy’
Filmmaker and Mindhouse co-founder talks exploring “big league” world of feature films for Amazon Prime’s KSI: In Real Life
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NewsBloomberg delves into long-form doc series
Windfall Films’ The Future with Hannah Fry is among launch slate of rebranded Bloomberg Originals
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NewsSee-Saw fortifies UK and Australian creative teams
Maria Nicholson to work up youth dramas as Screen Australia’s Louise Gough joins as exec producer
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NewsPeacock eyes ‘civilian’ The Traitors
Exec Betsy Slenzak says format has brought Big Brother and Survivor audiences to platform - and the streamer is also leaning into classic IP reboots
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NewsGary Neville’s The Overlap heads Sky Max slate
Buzz16 secures first series order for the channel while Talkback lands TV-themed panel show pilot
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NewsRope Ladder, eOne and Paul Andrew Williams crack The Twyford Code
Author Janice Hallett to adapt her own novel for television
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NewsSky unveils 12-strong docs and arts slate
Mark Zuckerberg and Daley Thompson films and Bill Bailey craft series headline unscripted commissions
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NewsRTL and Talpa merger off after Dutch regulator ruling
Authority for Consumers & Markets says combined entity would lead to ”creation of a dominant position” in local market
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NewsFulwell 73 adds RDF and Definitely alums for formats
Rachel Arnold and Jon Green further strengthen UK-US company’s creative team
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NewsBBCS unscripted exec: reboots are risky
Nicholas Oakley disputes that bringing back old hits is a safe bet
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NewsAlex Gibney takes aim at ‘money chasing’ streamers
Documentary heavyweight fears SVoDs guilty of trying to impose commercial formulas on programming
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NewsKathleen Finch tackles ‘painful’ WBD cancellations
US networks chief urges creators to keep talking as she sets out unscripted strategy