Discovery Networks International has come on board Cake Boss, partnering with Discovery’s US net TLC for the two-season order. The reality series follows larger-than-life baker Buddy Valastro as he oversees his family baking business. The new seasons of the show will be made by ITV-owned US prodco High Noon and Valastro’s Cakehouse Media. They will […]
Rumblings that the ob doc trend is stifling creativity on both sides of the Atlantic have divided the factual programming industry. Is the genre coming to the end of its cycle, or is it simply evolving, asks Jesse Whittock The commissions of History’s Pawn Stars and American Pickers in 2009 and 2010 respectively ushered in […]
High Noon Entertainment has promoted two of its programming execs. Patrick Jager (pictured) has been upped to senior VP, development and production and Scott Feeley to senior VP, current programming. High Noon is the production company behind Cake Boss and Guinness World Records Unleashed. ITV Studios bought a majority stake in the business in 2013. […]
Warner Bros.-owned Shed Media has hired two new programming executives as it seeks to ramp up its reality programming activity in the US. Dan Snook (above) joins Shed Media US from Firecracker Films where he was senior VP, development, working on shows including Gypsy Sisters for Lifetime and Zombie Apocalypse for Discovery. At Shed he […]
UK broadcast giant ITV is acquiring a majority stake in the producer of US cable series Cake Boss, High Noon Entertainment. ITV has paid US$26.7 million upfront for a 60% stake in the company, with a top-up payment due in 2015 dependent on company performance. Furthermore, ITV has a put and call option that allows […]
