UK-based Zinc Media is buying Tern Television Productions for a total value of up to £5.45 million (US$7.20 million). The deal for the Glasgow-based prodco Tern, which David Strachan (pictured) has led since 1988, comprises an initial £2 million, £1.1 million in surplus cash and an earn-out consideration on up to £2.35 million payable in […]
Brave Bison’s new CEO Claire Hungate has made her first appointment by hiring former Warner Bros colleague, Paul Campbell-White, as CFO. Campell-White joins from Warner Bros. Television Production UK, where he is currently chief financial officer. He is due to take up his new role, as well as a place on the Brave Bison board, […]
UK-based digital content company, Brave Bison, reported lower revenues but also reduced losses in H1 2017, after axing more than 50% of its staff in the past year. Announcing interim results for the first half of 2017, the company, which was formerly known as Rightster, said that its headcount nowstands at 57, down from 124 […]
The financial and operations chief of UK-based digital content company Brave Bison is leaving when Claire Hungate (pictured) takes over as CEO in August. Kevin Deeley, CFO and COO of the company formerly known as Rightster, has been handling chief executive duties following Ashley MacKenzie’s exit earlier this year. Following board wrangling over the future […]
Former Warner Bros. Television Production UK (WBTVPUK) co-chief Claire Hungate has been named CEO of London-based digital media firm Brave Bison. Hungate exited Warner Bros. in February along with WBTVPUK co-managing director Nick Emmerson. The pair had played a key role in the establishment of UK indie group Shed Media, which was sold to Warner […]
UK-based digital company, Brave Bison, reported improved revenues and a reduction in costs for the first half of 2016 following this year’s rebrand from Rightster. Announcing the company’s results, CEO Ashley MacKenzie said he was pleased with its “pace of progress re-orientating the business” and said Brave Bison’s primary financial goal “remains to achieve profitability”. […]
UK-based digital company Rightster is rebranding as Brave Bison as it prepares to reposition as a content-creating, social video broadcaster. The company previously provided various digital services to entertainment and advertising firms and had MCN assets through its £50 million (US$72.5 million) acquisition of Base79 in 2014, but is now creating an in-house production studio […]
