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Barcroft Studios
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Supercar Blondie outfit hires LADstudios’ Alex Morris & Jungle Creations’ James Wigley
Digital outfit SB Media Group – better known as the firm behind Supercar Blondie –…
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Former Barcroft exec Alex Morris lands at social media group LADbible
Barcroft’s former chief creative officer Alex Morris has resurfaced at the social media group LADbible….
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UK factual outfit Barcroft rejigs execs & rebrands as Future Studios
UK factual outfit Barcroft Studios has rebranded as Future Studios and upped Al Brown to…
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News round-up: ITV axes ‘The X Factor’; ‘Ultimate Rides’ revs up S2; Hybrid MIA returns October
ITV axes ‘The X Factor’ UK comcaster ITV has confirmed that it currently has no…
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Factual round-up: A+E seeks lost gold; Discovery+ acquires Herzog space doc; C5 digs into Pearl Harbour
A+E seeks lost Amazon gold A+E Networks UK has acquired the documentary series Curse Of…
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Future rejigs Barcroft Studios leadership as John Farrar replaces Alex Morris
Barcroft Studios chief creative officer Alex Morris is leaving after 13 years with the company,…
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News round-up: BBC adds ‘Bates Motel’ & Steve McQueen docs; Barcroft appointments; Gold’s latest original; Red Arrow bags Britney doc
BBC adds Bates Motel & Steve McQueen docs The BBC in the UK has ordered two…
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AVOD news round-up: Pluto TV & Insight TV land in Brazil; Barcroft links with Samsung TV Plus
Pluto TV expands in Lat Am ViacomCBS has rolled its AVOD service Pluto TV into…
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News round-up: Beyond to sell Barcroft’s sex docuseries; UK’s ITV orders Dunblane tragedy special
Beyond takes Barcroft’s Sex Unlimited global Beyond Rights has struck a deal to distribute a…
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Sam Barcroft quits Barcroft Studios; Alex Morris takes reins
Alex Morris, chief creative officer at the UK’s Future plc-owned Barcroft Studios, is taking over…
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Media publisher Future buys Barcroft Studios for $30m
Media publisher Future plc has wholly acquired Sam Barcroft’s award-winning production group Barcroft Studios for…
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One to One: A year of Facebook Watch
TBI’s ‘One to One’, in which industry heavyweights put each other in the hot seat,…
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FYI drives off with Barcroft Studios, TCB Media Rights series ‘Ultimate Rides’
A+E Networks’ US cablenet FYI has boarded a co-production with Barcroft Studios and distributor TCB…
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Snap orders mental health show from Barcroft Studios
Snapchat has commissioned UK-based Barcroft Studios to produce a new unscripted series that will explore…
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Barcroft Studios appoints commercial head for branded content drive
Barcroft Studios has hired a commercial head as it looks to expand branded content production…
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Barcroft Studios appoints former Vice exec for 4Real
Factual production company Barcroft Studios has appointed a former Vice exec to oversee content output…
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Barcroft hires Nerd TV creative director
Factual producer Barcroft Studios has hired one of the co-founders of fellow UK prodco Nerd…
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Channel 4 commissions Barcroft Studios for slate of ‘4Real’ films
Channel 4 has commissioned Barcroft Studios for a slate of short-form digital shorts under the…
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MIPTV slates: Sky Vision shops ‘Catherine The Great’; Barcroft preps ‘Sleeping with the Far Right’
Sky Vision has unveiled its MIPTV slate with Helen Mirren’s Catherine The Great leading the…