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Blink Films
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Outline Productions co-founder Helen Veale exits, Blink Films duo to assume slate
Outline Productions co-founder and creative director Helen Veale is stepping down after almost 25 years…
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PBS, France TV, NHK, SBS & WELT set Easter Island doc with Blink Films
PBS’s Nova strand in the US is onboard a new documentary from UK factual indie…
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News round-up: MBC & TV2 among royal doc deals; Netflix India renews ‘Rana Naidu’; Fuse Media expands Freevee FAST deal
MBC & TV2 among royal doc deals RTS (Switzerland), TV2 (Hungary), TV2 (Slovenia), RTBF (Belgium),…
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Silverlining secures global backers for Blink Films’ King Charles doc
UK production finance broker and distributor Silverlining Rights has brought together a host of international…
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Tin Roof names former Banijay boss as executive chairman
Tin Roof Media has appointed former Banijay and The Ink Factory senior exec Rod Henwood…
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UK factual indie Blink Films appoints creative director
UK factual indie Blink Films has promoted Laura Jones to the role of creative director….
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News round-up: Canal+ & RAI team for ‘The Crunchers’; ScreenSkills predicts HETV spend growth; Paramount+ debuts Putin inner circle doc
Canal+ & RAI team for ‘The Crunchers’ French broadcaster Canal+ and Italian public broadcaster RAI…
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News round-up: Curiosity deals with Arrow Media; ‘Marry Me Now’ heads to the US; UK prodcos & Imperial College unveil diversity pact
Curiosity deals with Arrow Media Factual streamer Curiosity has ordered a 15-episode show from UK-based…
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Deals round up: Emmys, ‘Staged’ & ‘Professionals’ head to Asia; Channel 4 plans car crash; ‘Ida Takes Charge’ at Viaplay
Emmys, ‘Staged’ & ‘Professionals’ head to Asia Broadcasters and platforms across Asia have picked up…
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ITV orders twins docuseries from Blink Films
ITV in the UK has ordered a two-part series about conjoined twins from domestic factual…
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Blink Films hires Antidote Productions co-founder as exec producer
UK factual indie Blink Films has hired producer Laura Jones to work across its special…
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Channel 4 orders Blink doc series delving into British monarch
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a new documentary series exploring the reign of British…
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Drive sells more than 50 hours of factual content worldwide
Multiple networks in Europe and Australasia have picked up a range of factual content after…
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News round-up: FilmRise snags ‘MythBusters’; Nat Geo goes underground with Blink; Quibi orders adult animation; UKTV grabs ‘The Bill’
FilmRise takes on MythBusters & Deadly Women sales New York-based acquisition and distribution company FilmRise…
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Travel Channel, UK’s Channel 5 go digging into Egypt’s past
The Travel Channel in the US and ViacomCBS-owned Channel 5 in the UK have commissioned…
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PBS bites at Blink’s pet documentaries
UK indie Blink Films has produced two new documentaries about the history and secret lives of…
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Exclusive: Disney+ eyes European remakes for unscripted formats, unveils new shows
Disney+ is looking for European production partners to work on regional remakes of its unscripted…
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BBC Two orders social history format ‘Unforgotten’ from Blink Films
BBC Two has commissioned a new three-part social history format from Blink Films, Unforgotten (w/t),…
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Channel 5 boards Blink Films’ Titanic feature documentary
Channel 5 in the UK has ordered a feature documentary from UK-based Blink Films that…
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Food Network orders Blink travelogue
Discovery-owned UK channel Food Network has commissioned Blink Films for a food travelogue series featuring…
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Ulla Streib joins Tin Roof’s Blink and Outline
Indie investment group Tin Roof Media has hired Ulla Streib in the new role of…
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BBC Two visits Japanese gardens with Blink Films
BBC Two has commissioned Blink Films for a Monty Don-fronted series on Japanese gardens. The John…
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How Netflix is shaking up the documentary world
Netflix is raising the bar for factual to premium levels and introducing ‘box sets’ and…
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Ex-Reef MD Hanrahan joins Tin Roof Media
Former Reef Television managing director Paul Hanrahan has joined another UK-based producer, Tin Roof Media,…
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Investment group Tin Roof buys Outline
Tin Roof Media has bought a majority stake in House of Tiny Tearaways indie Outline…
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Dave explores the Joy of Techs
UKTV’s Dave has commissioned an unscripted series in which technophobe Marcus Brigstocke and best friend…
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Blink poaches Boomerang exec producer
British producer Blink Films has expanded its team by drafting in Boomerang executive Jon Lloyd…
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Blink hires Discovery exec for US expansion
UK-based Blink Films has hired Science Channel exec Brad Kohlenstein as senior VP, development to…
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TV industry veterans buy UK indie
Three television industry veterans behind a new London-based investment group have bought a UK-based factual…
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Nerd production chief exiting
UK prodco Nerd TV has said goodbye to long-serving production chief Elaine Foster, TBI has…
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