All Nutopia articles – Page 8
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NewsDeparting Ross to retain C4 growth fund role
Film 4 boss Tessa Ross will continue to play a role in Channel 4’s £20m indie investment plans despite leaving the broadcaster in September.
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NewsC4 names indie investment fund boss
Channel 4 has hired Nutopia co-founder Laura Franses to head up its £20m indie investment fund.
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NewsNutopia developing Europe: The Story of Us
Jane Root’s Nutopia is developing a European version of its The Story of Us factual format after striking a deal with German firm ZDF Enterprises.
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NewsPioneer hires execs to grow UK business
Pioneer Productions is looking to beef up its British business and move into factual entertainment after hiring two execs.
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NewsBBCW strikes Chinese VoD deal
BBC titles including Ripper Street, Silk and Frozen Planet are headed to China after BBC Worldwide struck a deal with VoD provider Sohu.
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NewsDiscovery puts food and engineering on the radar
Discovery Networks International is shopping for food and engineering formats for its global channels.
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NewsNutopia wins commission from new Esquire channel
Jane Root’s Nutopia has scored an order from nascent US broadcaster Esquire Network.
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NewsClear Cut hires 360's Burgis
Clear Cut Pictures has recruited Jennifer Burgis as business development manager.
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NewsDocs tax credit under review
The government is considering lowering the TV tax relief threshold for documentaries from £1m per hour to £650,000 per hour to boost the UK’s factual output.
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NewsNutopia's The Story of Us goes Down Under
Indie Nutopia has sold docudrama The Story of Us to Australian network Seven.
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NewsTiger Aspect hires Clare Handford as head of factual
Tiger Aspect has appointed former Sky commissioner Clare Handford as head of factual programming.
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NewsBBC4 orders Vice and Raw co-pro drug doc
BBC4 has commissioned a documentary on illicit drugs and weapons online market The Silk Road from Raw TV and Vice.
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NewsDiscovery partners with NFTS on factual course
Discovery Networks International has partnered with the National Film and Television School (NFTS) to launch a factual development and production course to find the generation of producers.
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NewsFormer Dragonfly chief unveils indie
Former Dragonfly Film and Television Productions execs Sanjay Singhal and Steve Nam have launched their new indie, Voltage TV, with a number of series in paid development.
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NewsNutopia hires Love development boss
Jane Root’s Nutopia has hired Love Productions’ Simon McKeown as its new head of development.
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NewsBBC cooks up Nutopia science series
BBC has ordered How We Got To Now, a six-part science series from Nutopia.
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NewsVice hires Franses to become fully fledged indie
Vice has effectively become an indie after hiring Nutopia cofounder Laura Franses to ramp up its television business.
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NewsNutopia behind C4 & PBS Algerian terrorist doc
Nutopia and the Bafta-winning director behind Our War are making a doc about the terrorist attack on Algeria’s In Amenas gas facility for Channel 4 and PBS in the US.
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NewsSky loses three execs in factual commissioning shake-up
Sky has completed the second stage of its factual and factual entertainment commissioning restructure, resulting in the departure of three execs including Clare Handford.
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NewsLove transforms management team
Love Productions has poached Nutopia’s commercial director Rupert Frisby, hired a producer to head up its US operations and promoted two senior production staff.