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Electus
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Electus hires NBCU exec for reality role
US-based Electus has hired Jessica Sebastian for a new unscripted TV role. Sebastian will be…
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Reality round the clock
NBC’s large scale live event gameshow Million Second Quiz has ended after nearly 12 days…
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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson gets another TNT series
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson is making another US cable series after TNT greenlit Wake Up…
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TV Land buys Ben Silverman comedy
US cable channel TV Land has ordered a half-hour workplace comedy from Ben Silverman’s Electus…
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Eminem buys into Electus hip-hop channel
Rap megastar Eminem has bought into an YouTube original hip-hop lifestyle channel operated by Ben…
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Upcoming Sony Central Europe channel buys 100 hours from Electus
New Sony Pictures Television-operated Central European channel AXN Black has bought more than 100 hours…
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Electus promotes Farrokh, sells 150 hours
Ben Silverman’s studio Electus has promoted international sales executive Cyrus Farrokh to VP, distribution, and…
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Electus poaches Henson for unscripted role
Ben Silverman’s multimedia studio Electus has hired ABC Entertainment alternative entertainment exec Corie Henson to…
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Electus making kids original for Amazon
Amazon Studios, the original production arm of online retailer Amazon, has greenlit a pilot for…
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Electus scores Uncommon Content deal
Ben Silverman’s studio Electus has acquired rights to sell a pair of shows from YouTube…
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Sony channels get on Blacklist in Asia
Sony has taken rights to US drama The Blacklist for its channels in Asia. The…
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Electus scores Columbian first-look deal
Multimedia entertainment studio Electus has signed a one-year first-look deal with Columbia’s Caracol Television. The…
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Ukrainian net serves up family cook off show
Ukrainian channel 1+1 has acquired Global Agency’s cookery format Rivals-in-Law. Furthermore, producer iMagic has optioned…
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S.H.I.E.L.D., Seacrest series among new ABC shows
US broadcast net ABC has given the greenlight to a batch of new dramas and…
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Electus invests in former SPT exec’s prodco
US-based Electus has made a strategic investment into Hud:sun Media, a production and entertainment company…
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Sierra/Engine making series for Electus’ NuevOn
Producer and distributor Sierra/Engine is making an animated show with Latino star Don Cheto for…
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International broadcasters buy Ben Silverman’s Bet on Your Baby
The sales arm of US producer and distributor Electus has shopped gameshow Bet on Your…
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A+E plans international launch of History sister channel H2
A+E Networks is preparing to launch its H2 channel in international markets for the first…
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Electus picks up multiplatform series Beat Girl
Ben Silverman’s Electus has acquired US rights to Beat Girl, the multiplatform show from beActive….
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ABC orders Ben Silverman’s Bet On Your Baby
US network ABC has ordered Bet on Your Baby, a new gameshow from Ben Silverman’s…
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Harvey Weinstein preps TV version of Miramax movie Shall We Dance?
Harvey Weinstein has told TBI that he plans to make a TV version of Shall We…
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Dog the Bounty Hunter gets new reality series, Electus to distribute
Ben Silverman’s Electus is making a reality series Dog, starring Duane ‘Dog the Bounty Hunter’…
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Ben Silverman teams up with Eminem
Ben Silverman is teaming up with rapper Eminem to launch a web series. Silverman’s Electus…
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Electus International picks up H2 series
Ben Silverman’s Electus has taken international rights to America Unearthed, a new unscripted show for…
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Ben Silverman’s Electus and The Rock looking for a hero for TNT
Ben Silverman’s Electus is making a reality competition show for US cable network TNT, The…
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Ben Silverman: Past, present, future
Ben Silverman is a US media executive with a rare understanding of the international TV…