Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder


Heaney’s TCB poaches Cineflix exec

TCB Media Rights chief Paul Heaney has recruited a managing director from his former company, Cineflix Media. Katy Llewellyn-Jones becomes UK-based distributor TCB’s first MD, having been at Canada-based Cineflix since its creation in 2003. The move represents Heaney’s biggest hire since creating TCB in late 2012 after leaving his CEO post at Cineflix’s distribution […]

CJZ installs new boss at Greenstone TV

Richard Driver has been appointed the new boss of successful Kiwi producer Greenstone TV, replacing John Harris, who is leaving the company he founded in 1994. Late last year, Greenstone was bought by Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder, the fast-growing Australian and Kiwi production group. When that deal was announced CJZ said that John Harris would remain […]

BBC Worldwide, ITV Studios snag high end Oz dramas

BBC Worldwide and ITV Studios Global Entertainment are among distributors that have snapped up new high end Australian dramas, which yesterday secured multimillion dollar funding. BBC Worldwide is to distribute The Kettering Incident, which Porchlight Films is making for pay TV service Foxtel, while ITV Studios has snagged rights to Playmaker Media-produced ABC series Hiding. […]

TV’s conscious effort

Cruel critiques and manufactured conflict have been replaced by supportive smiles, warm hugs and a belief that shows should seek to transform someone’s prospects or help them grow emotionally in an ongoing raft of caring sharing formats reports Andy Fry. There was a time between 2003 and 2009 when factual and entertainment formats seemed to […]