News round-up: Lee Thomas joins Ringside; LaLiga Studios expands team; Super Channel order Go Button trio

Liaison

Lee Thomas joins Ringside

Liaison firm Ringside Studios has appointed producer Lee Thomas to work alongside Edward Barlow on its projects.

He will also partner with Gub Neal and Kate Bennetts across productions from Ringside Media companies, while developing his own slate of projects to be produced through Ringside.

Thomas recently finished filming No Escape, a mystery thriller series shot in Thailand for Paramount+, while his previous TV work includes the first series of the HBO/BBC investment banking series Industry and ITV’s true crime thriller, White House Farm.

Ringside Studios recently delivered Liaison, a UK-French co-production for Apple TV+, while In 2022 it co-produced My Name is Leon for the BBC.

The Power Of Our Fútbol

LaLiga Studios expands team

LaLiga Studios, the sports-focused Spanish prodco that is part of Banijay Iberia, has expanded its leadership team and confirmed its next project, The Power Of Our Fútbol.

Paz Pérez Sanz comes on board at LaLiga Studios as art director following four years at Real Madrid TV, while Marta Ruiz joins from Banijay stablemate Cuarzo Producciones as director of new projects.

Anabel López Antolín, meanwhile, joins from La Nueva TV as director of production.

New documentary The Power Of Our Fútbol is a co-production between IMA (also a Banijay Iberia label) and LaLiga Studios, with MD Chalo Bonifacino Cooke executive producing.

“We are thrilled to bolster LaLiga Studios’ leadership team with Paz, Marta and Anabel, whose experience speaks for itself. I know their shared passion, knowledge and creative thinking will be the perfect combination to deliver a rich slate of sports content,” said Cooke.

Cursed History

Super Channel order Go Button trio

Canada’s Super Channel has picked up three new factual shows from Go Button Media, following the partnership formed alongside distributor Off The Fence earlier this year.

These three projects are the first to come from the 36-hour, six series agreement and include Engineering Evolved, Cursed History and Revolutions That Changed the World, with each series comprise 6 x 60-minute episodes.

Engineering Evolved reveals the hidden stories of the transportation technology that’s set to move the world, while Cursed History explores the strange histories and legends of those who lived or died by a curse and Revolutions That Changed The World examines the rise and fall of selected empires, monarchs and military leaders.

Loren Baxter, head of acquisitions at Off The Fence, said: “The beauty of working in this way with Go Button Media and Super Channel is the flexibility we have on the concepts, which are being fed by the most up to date feedback from our sellers as to what buyers are looking for.”