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US-based Big Media & Slovakia’s Nunez NFE form JV for JOJ World factual channel

New York-based factual production company and channel provider Big Media and Slovakian prodco Nunez NFE have formed a joint venture partnership around JOJ World. The two companies will program and operate the pay-TV documentary channel for Slovakian media firm JOJ Group. JOJ World, which launched last summer, is part of JOJ Group’s portfolio of 23 […]

Big Media to produce ‘Scanning History’ as first show in ZDF Studios pact

New York-based factual producer and channel provider Big Media has set historical investigation series Scanning History as the first show in a new multi-series output deal with ZDF Studios for German-speaking territories. German pubcaster ZDF’s documentary channel ZDFinfo has partner with Big Media on the 6 x 60-minute series, which explores the technological revolution shaping […]

News round-up: NTV Germany expands ‘Decoded’; Scout developing Chrisley return

NTV Germany expands ‘Decoded’ NTV Germany has commissioned a second season of Destruction Decoded, along with a spin-off series titled Danger Decoded. The franchise, from US producer-distributor Big Media, is co-produced with RMC Production and Wild Bear Australia. The second 8 x 60-minute season of Destruction Decoded, follows the show’s debut on NTV Germany and […]

Opinion: Why CEE is in the spotlight now more than ever

Central and Eastern Europe has found itself at the centre of an event-laden schedule this month and it is clear why interest in the region is peaking so much, says Big Media’s co-founder Martin Kaše. As two media conferences go head-to-head in Budapest this month – Content Budapest and NATPE Budapest – those of us […]

Opinion: Why FAST will be the star of MIPTV next week

Jon Loew, CEO of US-based distributor & producer Big Media, explains why there is still ‘tremendous opportunity’ in FAST, despite recent explosive growth in the US. For many in the production community, last autumn was the first time heading back to MIPCOM after putting travel and in-person meetings on hold for a couple of years. […]

‘Fight to Survive’ prodco Big Media links with Video Solutions for FAST

Video Solutions, the Swiss outfit that owns and operates AVOD platform wedotv and FAST channel wedo movies, has entered into a joint venture with unscripted producer Big Media. The deal will see the JV create, market and distribute FAST networks globally, with the first channel to be launched being Wedo Big Docs, which will bow […]

Loud Productions & Big Media partner for ‘Migrants United’ football docuseries

UK-based Loud Productions and Big Media in the US have partnered to produce Migrants United, a limited docuseries about all-migrant football team Changing Lives FC. The three-part series follows the coaches and players of the Essex-based team who have all left everything and risked their lives, in the most harrowing and inhumane circumstances, to make […]

Big Media hires Star Contents, TV Azteca alum to lead Lat Am & US Hispanic

US-based distributor Big Media has hired the president of Star Contents as head of Latin America & US Hispanic. Juan Antonio Fernandez reports into the company’s president, Danny Wilk, and will be responsible for managing the sales and distribution strategy throughout the Lat Am region and US Hispanic market. Fernandez was most recently heading up […]

News round-up: Blink sets first project with ‘Hold My Girl’; Espresso takes ‘Shelley In Wonderland’ rights; Big Media & Ida Rose link on scripted

Blink sets first project with ‘Hold My Girl’ Canada’s Blink Studios has acquired the rights to adapt author Charlene Carr’s upcoming novel Hold My Girl for television. This will mark the company’s first project since launching in November 2021 and will see Michael London and Shannon Gaulding of Groundswell Productions executive producing the series together […]