All3Media International


CEE nets bag All3 factual

All3Media International has closed its first deals since announcing former chief Louise Pedersen was returning to the company. The sales arm of UK production group All3Media has shopped 180 hours to broadcasters in central and eastern Europe, including a package deal with Russian pay TV network First HDTV. This agreement sees First’ Eureka and Outdoor […]

Louise Pedersen returning to run All3 Int’l

Louise Pedersen is returning to run All3Media International following the exit of Steve Macallister. The move sees Pedersen return to her previous role at All3 after a stint at Colin Callender’s prodco Playground in the UK. She fills the role vacated by Steve Macallister, who exited last week, as first reported by TBI. She spent a decade […]

Steve Macallister leaves All3Media

All3Media’s International CEO Steve Macallister has left the company, TBI has learned. Macallister is a well-known figure in the international TV industry, having previously run Zodiak Rights and BBC Worldwide’s programme sales, as well as holding senior roles at Disney’s distribution arm. International industry sources confirmed the news and Macallister is understood to have left All3 at the […]

Windows shopping

The advent of international OTT services has created unheralded demand for first-run drama. One result has been the traditional system of windowing, holdbacks and stacking rights for scripted programming changing. Stewart Clarke speaks to buyers, sellers and market experts The process of windowing drama programming was stable for years. However, with the SVOD players competing […]

AMC buys All3 CEE package

AMC Networks has acquired an 80-hour package from All3Media International for its channels in central and eastern Europe. The pan-CEE deal covers a raft of content from All3Media-owned factual prodco Lion Television. Titles include China: Treasures of the Jade Empire, The Great Wall of China: The Hidden Story, Meet the Romans (pictured), Rome: Empire Without […]

Warner hires ex-All3 veteran for unscripted sales

Warner Bros. International Television Production has hired long-serving All3Media International sales exec Liza Thompson to replace Al de Azpiazu, TBI has learned. Thompson (pictured) exited All3’s global arm, where she was senior VP of international sales, in December 2015, and has now become executive director, sales at WBITVP, Warner Bros.’s international TV operation. She had […]

All3 poaches A+E exec for new US office

The international arm of All3Media is opening an office in the US and has recruited seasoned distribution execs from A+E and elsewhere to run the new operation. Sally Habbershaw has joined All3Media International from A+E and will oversee the new office as executive VP, sales and coproductions North America. Maria Ishak has also been hired. […]

Viewpoint: Should we go through the window to the world?

Gary Woolf, EVP, commercial development, All3Media International At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Reed Hastings took to the stage to announce the ‘switching on’ of Netflix in 130 territories. Amazon has moved into new markets and African service Naspers is looking to defy national borders in the coming months. In short, the […]

Corrie off air in the US, Hollyoaks stays on

Coronation Street has been taken off streaming service Hulu, meaning the iconic British soap is no longer available in the US. The series is one of longest running in the UK, having been on ITV since 1960. It is distributed internationally by ITV Studios, which confirmed it is no longer on Hulu and now has […]

Japan’s NHK tunes into Gogglebox

NHK has run a local pilot of Japanese version of hit format Gogglebox. The Japanese public broadcaster aired the local adaptation on its main channel as part of its recent 90th anniversary celebrations in the past week. The format, which shows members of the public watching and reacting to the week’s TV, was created by […]

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