All Sony Pictures Television articles – Page 10
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NewsThe Crown wins at Golden Globes
Netflix original The Crown won best drama TV series at the Golden Globe Awards in Hollywood last night, beating the likes of Game of Thrones and Westworld to pick up the night’s top TV gong.
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NewsChannel 5 ups factual ambitions
Channel 5 is stepping up its factual commissioning slate with three ambitious documentary projects.
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NewsBlueprint to adapt Graham Norton novel
Sony-backed indie Blueprint Television is to turn Graham Norton’s debut novel into a high-end international drama series after optioning the book - as Dancing Ledge Productions prepares to adapt several Alistair Maclean thrillers.
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NewsMcArdle returns to Electric Ray
Studio Lambert deputy head of development Natalie McArdle has returned to Electric Ray five months after leaving the indie.
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NewsC4 finds faith with George Michael doc
The formative years of George Michael’s life will be documented in a 90-minute film for Channel 4.
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NewsSony hires Warner Bros sales exec
Sony Pictures Television has bolstered its UK distribution team with the hire of Warner Bros exec Dee Robertson.
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NewsSony launches major UK push
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has begun a push to develop projects directly for British broadcasters after lining up several Channel 4 shows and a major Sky drama.
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The Broadcast InterviewAndy Harries, Left Bank
With a £100m Netflix series set to launch and an Amazon Video pilot in the pipeline, Left Bank is riding the OTT drama wave. What next for the Sony-owned indie? asks Chris Curtis
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NewsC4 lines up Electric Dreams writers
A raft of top US and British writers including Jack Thorne and Tony Grisoni will collaborate on Channel 4’s ambitious 10-part sci-fi drama based on Philip K. Dick’s short stories.
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NewsDrama boom challenges mount
Sony and Fremantle continued the UK drama acquisitions frenzy this week with further indie deals – but senior figures in the scripted world have highlighted a number of growing challenges in the genre.
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NewsFormer EastEnders showrunner joins Sony-backed indie
Former EastEnders executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins is to join fledgling indie Blueprint Television after it scored investment from Sony Pictures Television.
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NewsSony reshuffles senior US management
Sony Pictures Television has reorganised its senior management in the US following the departure of chairman Steve Mosko.
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NewsBryan Cranston to star in C4 sci-fi drama
Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston is to star in a 10-part sci-fi drama based on a series of Philip K. Dick short stories for Channel 4.
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NewsSony's Gogglebox Entertainment to close
Mat Steiner and Adam Wood, founders of Release The Hounds producer Googlebox Entertainment, are to close their Sony-back indie and establish a new production venture.
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NewsBBC parks The Getaway Car
BBC1 has parked primetime entertainment format The Getaway Car to make way for physical gameshow Can’t Touch This, which will air in its Saturday slot.
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NewsSony backs drama indie
Sony Pictures Television has invested in Fable Pictures – the fledgling drama indie run by former Ruby Films producer Faye Ward.
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NewsSony to shut Victory Television
Sony Pictures Television is shutting Victory Television after Victoria Ashbourne decided to step down.
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NewsBerlin: Sony eyes Salt remake
Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE) is developing a remake of Salt, the spy film which stars Angelina Jolie.
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NewsElectric Ray lands debut ITV order
Electric Ray has landed its first ITV commission – a primetime factual series following Britain’s army of council enforcement officers.
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NewsGogglebox hires Lime development exec
Gogglebox Entertainment has hired Lime Pictures exec Paul Evans as head of development.