Hit+Run’s Rob Shaftel looks back on five years of factual production, reveals his hunt for co-pro opportunities and teases upcoming projects with global streamers. Rob Shaftel launched his New York-based factual production company Hit+Run five years ago and the exec says his “genre agnostic” approach to content creation has been a boon in navigating the changing […]
This animal-focused show highlights not just the ever-present interest in animals among viewers but also the adaptability and ingenious invention shown by producers during the pandemic. Filmed in Australia at Zoos Victoria’s three vastly different sites: first, there is the Melbourne Zoo on the city fringe; then the savannah of Werribee Open Range Zoo; and […]
Netflix to end trip to Ozark Netflix is bringing the curtain down on Jason Bateman-led drama Ozark after ordering a fourth and final season. The show, produced by US duo Media Rights Capital and Aggregate, is from writer Bill Dubuque (The Judge) and is set in the world of drug-money laundering. The programme takes its […]
AMPLE Entertainment, the US prodco behind Facebook’s 9 Months With Courteney Cox, has launched a true crime division and appointed veteran producer Tammy Wood to run it. Wood becomes SVP of crime programming and will report directly to co-presidents Ari Mark and Phil Lott. She will oversee production across AMPLE’s crime show slate, which includes […]
Animal Planet boss and former Discovery UK and Ireland chief Susanna Dinnage is to leave the factual giant after 10 years. Dinnage’s departure comes alongside a restructure that sees Animal Planet brought under the purview of Nancy Daniels, chief brand officer for Discovery and factual. Dinnage has led the brand since late 2017, when Animal […]
Beloved biologist and River Monsters star Jeremy Wade returns to Animal Planet after two years for new investigative series Jeremy Wade’s Dark Waters. For the new title Wade will spotlight the bizarre and the mysterious as he investigates unsolved underwater mysteries. The show will have an original four-episode digital mid-form series on Animal Planet GO, Dark Waters: How to […]
The Premier League is scrambling to appoint a successor to outgoing CEO Richard Scudamore after Discovery exec Susanna Dinnage pulled out of the top job over the holidays. Almost two months after being appointed CEO of the Premier League, Dinnage made a sudden U-turn on her decision last week, citing a change of heart. While […]
Susanna Dinnage, the global president at Discovery’s Animal Planet, has been named as the Premier League’s chief executive. Dinnage will take the helm at Premier League, succeeding Richard Scudamore who has been with the organisation for 19 years. She will begin her role in 2019, but an exact date is yet to be determined. The […]
Discovery Communications has named the new management team that will lead the enlarged company after the Scripps Networks Interactive acquisition, with Discovery Channel boss Rich Ross out and Scripps programming chief Kathleen Finch put in charge of all lifestyle channels. Discovery said that Ross, currently group president of Discovery Channel and Science Channel, is to […]
Discovery Communications is changing the structure of its EMEA business, after naming Susanna Dinnage as global president for Animal Planet in November. The move will see Discovery consolidate business units that were previously split into the UK, Nordics, Southern Europe and CEEMEA (Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa). Discovery believes that one […]
