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Beta Film buys into Lineup Industries
Beta Film has bought into Lineup Industries, the distribution business set up in 2014 by…
Lineup inks deal with Forman’s Critical Content
Tom Forman’s new firm Critical Content has optioned two formats from Lineup Industries, one of…
Lineup bags former Absolutely format
Lineup Industries has acquired rights to evergreen format Long Lost Family, which formerly went out…
ITV orders Bully Project for the UK
UK commercial broadcaster ITV has ordered a local version of The Bully Project, the Dutch…
Ex-FremantleMedia exec Tegelaar joins Sony
Jason Tegelaar, formerly of FremantleMedia-owned prodco Blue Circle, has joined Sony Pictures Television in the…
The consolidation, creativity and distribution challenge
The issue of consolidation in the television business has again come to the fore over…
New distributor Lineup snags output deals, Bully Project
New distribution firm Lineup Industries has secured content deals with a raft of indie producers,…
Ex-Endemol, Sony execs launch new content company
Former Endemol and Sony executives Ed Louwerse and Julian Curtis have joined forces to launch…
Intellygents founder leaves Sony Pictures Television
Kirsten Jan van Nieuwenhuijzen has left his position as creative director at Sony Pictures Television…
Formats boss leaves Sony Pictures Television
Ed Louwerse has left Sony Pictures Television, TBI has learned. Louwerse, who left SPT last…