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Turton secures All3Media CEO post

Jane Turton has been confirmed as the permanent CEO of UK-based production giant All3Media. She has been leading Gogglebox owner All3 since previous chief executive Farah Ramzan-Golant’s exit last year, but her official promotion today comes after a lengthy selection process. Turton now oversees a production group of 20 prodcos, including Studio Lambert, All3Media America […]

Buyers embark on Indian Summers ahead of UK TX

A raft of international broadcasters have picked up big-budget UK drama Indian Summers ahead of its launch on Channel 4 in the UK this weekend. All3Media-backed New Pictures made the series for UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 4 and US pubcaster PBS. It debuts on Channel 4 this Sunday in a 9pm slot. All3Media International is […]

Studio Lambert poaches BBC’s Hogg for drama

Gogglebox prodco Studio Lambert as appointed BBC drama producer Susan Hogg to lead its push into drama programming. She will be head of drama and president, scripted programming at the All3Media-backed company, which earlier this month revealed it was branching out of unscripted and reality TV. Hogg, a former head of drama at ITV Studios […]

All3’s Objective invests in drama prodco

All3Media-owned UK prodco Objective Productions has set up an umbrella deal with fledgling drama and documentary indie Vox Pictures. The deal will see Vox relocate to Objective’s County Hall, London base, and receive back-end support, financial advice and distribution, with Objective taking a minority stake in future Vox projects. Vox will remain an independent company […]

Hazlehurst named MD at Lion Scotland

All3Media-owned Lion Scotland has promoted Lisa Hazlehurst to a new role of managing director following the departure of Andrew Snowball last week. Hazlehurst joined the Scottish arm of Lion Television in 2013, and will now run the prodco “with a view to long-term strategic growth of the business”. She had been executive producer of BBC […]

Lambert commits to All3, plans drama unit

Stephen Lambert will remain with All3Media until at least 2020 after agreeing a new deal that will allow his prodco to enter the drama space. Tying the well-known producer down long-term is a boon for All3, which last year was acquired by Discovery Communications and Liberty Global, and comes seven years after Studio Lambert was […]

Small Town America: don’t ignore local TV

British drama is currently the toast of Los Angeles and New York, with shows like The Missing from the BBC and Starz and ITV’s Grantchester launching recently to great critical acclaim, following on from the success of Broadchurch. The major cable channels backing of original UK drama is big news – whether it’s in the […]

A+E ups Heather Jones

Channel operator A+E Networks UK has promoted Heather Jones to general manager. In her new role she will oversee the UK portfolio of channels, which includes History, Lifetime, Crime + Investigation and H2. Jones is being upped from vice president, programming, the tile she took when she joined A+E in mid-2013. The new role is […]

BBC Trust seeks views on production plans

The BBC Trust has launched an industry consultation on proposals to scrap current production quotas and bring BBC Production in line with independent prodcos. The Trust, which governs the BBC, is probing how programme supply reaches the UK’s pubcaster. Yesterday it began a review and called for public views on future plans. Currently, a mechanism […]

Sat.1 readies German Gogglebox, RTL preps rival

Germany’s Sat.1 has ordered a local version of hit reality format Gogglebox as rival free-to-air broadcaster RTL has unveiled another people-watching-television format, Sofa Stars. Gogglebox hails from All3Media-backed production company Studio Lambert and has been popular on Channel 4 in the UK. News of a German deal came out at MIPCOM. TBI now understands the […]

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