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Barcroft Media
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Snapchat acquires slate of Barcroft titles
Snapchat has acquired five new titles from Barcroft Media. The London-based factual producer has sold…
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Barcroft wins Facebook commission for Incredible Homes
Facebook has commissioned Barcroft Media for five-part series Most Incredible Homes. The 5 x 12-minute…
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Barcroft and TCB Media partner for Shake My Beauty
Factual indie Barcroft Media and TCB Media Rights have inked a co-pro deal for an…
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Barcroft to produce US shows with Complex Networks
Youth-focused media group Complex Networks and UK-based Barcroft Media will coproduce original programmes in the…
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Drive’s distribution arm strikes Barcroft deal
Fledging distributor Drive Media Rights has picked up a raft of content from Barcroft Media….
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Barcroft hires ex-Maverick, Zinc execs
UK-based Barcroft Productions has added heads of development and production – a move CEO Sam…
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Barcroft adds execs after Channel 4 investment
UK-based digital content business Barcroft Media has hired execs from News UK and Bloomberg for…
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Sky Q scores content deals ahead of launch
Next-generation UK streaming platform Sky Q has acquired 400 short-form videos from indie Barcroft Media,…
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Endemol Beyond USA, Barcroft go OTT
Digital-first businesses Endemol Beyond USA and Barcroft Media have launched separate direct-to-consumer video platforms. Endemol…
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Barcroft poaches Zig Zag’s Wyles
Barcroft Productions has hired Zig Zag Productions’ Peter Wyles as director of programmes. Wyles is…
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Blue chip to new chip: natural history with bite
Stewart Clarke speaks to commissioners, producers, distributors and digital pioneers about their efforts to reimagine…
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‘Digital natives should replace ‘Millennials’
The CEO of British factual prodco Barcroft Media has warned delegates here in Cannes focusing…
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Barcroft TV hits million mark
YouTube channel Barcroft TV, owned by production outfit Barcroft Media, has passed the one-million subscriber…
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Bear Grylls, Barcroft launch on YouTube net
Adventurer Bear Grylls is partnering with UK production group Barcroft Media to create a adrenaline-fuelled…
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Barcroft Media launches online cars channel
Barcroft Media is launching Barcroft Cars, a new automobile-focused online channel, TBI has learned. Barcroft,…
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AOL signs 14 premium content partners
AOL has signed 14 new content partners to its premium AOL On platform. Sky News,…
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Ex-ITV producer joins Barcroft in long-form push
Former ITV producer Adam Mudditt has joined UK-based digital channels operator Barcroft Media, which is…
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YouTube net Barcroft, Rightster to ‘supercharge’ partnership
Barcroft TV, the high-performing UK-based YouTube channel, has signed an extended strategic partnership with multichannel…
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Barcroft strikes deal with Japan’s GyaO!
Producer and digital channels and footage provider Barcroft Media is branching out into Japan after…