Blast! Films

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Left Bank & Blast! alums among first cohort for Sky’s commissioner scheme

Sky in the UK has named alumni from The Crown producer Left Bank Pictures and…

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HiddenLight poaches Blast! & BBC execs for senior appointments

Hillary Clinton’s HiddenLight Productions has made two senior appointments to newly created roles to help…

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Sky orders across true crime, sport & nature in factual boost

European pay-TV giant Sky has boosted its factual offering with six new commissions across its…

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BBC appoints Blast! Films & C4 alum as commissioning editor for arts

The BBC has hired the director programmes at UK-based Blast! Films as commissioning editor for…

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Sky boosts factual with bumper order & preps Sky Max drama original

European pay-TV giant Sky has just made a bumper factual order for seven new original…

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News round-up: Blast! Films restructures; Eccho signs Born Wild deal; ZDFE’s ‘Great Inventions’ sells; IMDb extends SPT’s ‘Alex Rider’

Blast! Films rejigs as creative chiefs depart Sky Studios-backed producer Blast! Films has rejigged its…

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Betty hires Optomen development chief

Discovery Communications-owned indie Betty has hired Optomen Television’s head of development. Damian Pitman will take…

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Sky expands prodco stable with Blast! deal

Sky has acquired a majority stake in the UK’s Blast! Films, marking the fourth time…

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News brief: Zodiak extends StoryVault deal

The sales arm of Zodiak Media has extended its first-look deal with London-based factual specialist…

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Channel 4 adds Twofour producer to factual team

UK terrestrial Channel 4 has appointed Twofour Broadcast’s David Brindley to its factual commissioning team….