All articles by Manori Ravindran – Page 39
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NewsNight Manager team join InTV
The team behind BBC1’s The Night Manager have joined the line-up for InTV, a Jerusalem-based conference established by The A Word firm Keshet.
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NewsAndrea Wong to exit SPT
Sony Pictures Television president of international production Andrea Wong is to leave the Left Bank-owner after six years.
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NewsBBCW ties with Snapchat for Planet Earth push
BBC Worldwide is to launch a series of Planet Earth II ‘shows’ on Snapchat ahead of the programme’s North American premiere.
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NewsOfcom raps C5 for Can't Pay? cursing
Ofcom has rapped Channel 5 over an episode of Can’t Pay? We’ll Take It Away after receiving three complaints about frequent offensive language broadcast shortly after the watershed.
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NewsBelgium shows head to Walter Presents
Channel 4’s foreign-language drama service Walter Presents has acquired a pair of Belgian crime titles from Attraction Distribution.
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NewsBBC Studios exec joins revamped C5 production arm
BBC Studios’ Jeff Anderson has joined Channel 5’s revamped in-house production arm Elephant House Studios as director of factual.
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NewsContent Media acquired by Canadian firm
Content Media Group and five Toronto-based production companies have been bought by a Canadian acquisitions firm.
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NewsDigital sales surge for UK TV exports
The sale of digital rights generated more money for the British TV sector than new commissions in 2015/16, according to Pact’s UK Television Exports Survey.
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NewsBBC Comedy exec moves to Netflix
Sophie Taitt, head of production at BBC Comedy, has relocated to Los Angeles to work for Netflix.
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NewsTrump ban to affect ITN Oscar trip
ITN Productions has landed its first Oscar nomination for Watani: My Homeland, though US president Donald Trump’s refugee travel ban may prevent the film’s Syrian subjects from attending the LA ceremony.
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NewsShowdown at Realscreen
US producers and broadcasters face off in debate around falling margins and rising costs
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NewsSky Vision hunts drama partners
Sky Vision is hunting for new forms of drama funding as it ramps up its own investment in the genre following its acquisition of Chrysalis Vision.
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NewsEndemol Studios exec joins ITVS US
ITV Studios America has hired former Endemol Shine Studios exec Dwayne Shattuck as executive vice-president of production.
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NewsYouGov: iPlayer treading water as Netflix makes waves
BBC iPlayer is suffering a decline in user satisfaction, quality and value and faces a “serious challenge” from Netflix and Amazon, according to YouGov.
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NewsWalter Presents heads Stateside as SVoD
Channel 4’s foreign-language drama platform Walter Presents is to launch as a subscription service in the US in March, marking its first launch outside the UK.
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NewsLionsgate signs Bonafide first-look deal
Lionsgate has struck a first-look deal with The Last Post indie Bonafide Films as the Mad Men producer looks to expand its television footprint in the UK.
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NewsC5 factual commissioner to depart
Channel 5 factual commissioner Ninder Billing is leaving the broadcaster to return to production.
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NewsNetflix delves Inside British Vogue
Netflix has picked up the US rights to BBC documentary series Absolutely Fashion: Inside British Vogue after striking a deal with distributor Drive.
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NewsThe CW buys Sky's Hooten & The Lady
US cable network The CW has picked up Sky 1 action drama Hooten and The Lady from Sky Vision, marking one of the distributor’s biggest scripted US deals to date.
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NewsRealscreen: entertainment and politics dominate DC
Realscreen Summit was marked by the issue of indie sustainability and discussion of how the stormy political climate would impact unscripted television.