Endeavor Content is taking a minority stake in The Ink Factory, the London and LA-based production firm behind dramas including The Night Manager and The Little Drummer Girl. The deal will see Endeavor set up a bespoke development fund for Ink to draw on and allow the companies to work together to create high-end TV […]
Endeavor Content has acquired The Wall producer Glassman Media. According to Deadline, the business has struck an eight-figure deal to secure the Los Angeles-based unscripted prodco, which was founded in 2001 by former investigative journalist Andrew Glassman. The show’s credits include Fox’s Spin The Wheel, NBC’s Average Joe and CMT’s Sweet Home Alabama. Following the deal, Glassman Media […]
Fox exec Prentiss Fraser has joined Endeavor Content as EVP for international TV sales. Fraser most recently served as EVP and MD of content distribution for Fox Networks Group out of London. She left the business earlier this year following the Disney merger. She will remain in the UK for Endeavor, which will relocate its […]
Endeavor Content has struck an exclusive deal with Alan Poul (The Eddy) to develop and produce premium scripted content. The Emmy Award-winning producer and director is currently executive producing and directing two episodes of Damien Chazelle’s The Eddy for Endeavor Content, which will premiere on Netflix in 2020. Poul is also set to become executive […]
Hollywood agency Endeavor, whose distribution arm is behind shows such as Killing Eve and The Night Manager, could raise around $700m through its initial public offering (IPO) set for this autumn. The flotation could value Endeavor at around $8bn, with just under 20 million shares expected to be made available, priced at between $30 and […]
NHK, NBC Sports, Movistar+ try Endeavor’s rugby doc Japanese broadcaster NHK, NBC Sports Network in the US and Movistar+ in Spain are among companies to have picked up a docuseries from Endeavor Content about rugby, ahead of the start of the Rugby World Cup in Japan on September 20. The Story Of Rugby has Steven […]
Hulu has boarded the BBC’s upcoming adaptation of Sally Rooney’s acclaimed novel Normal People, which has just gone into production as a 12×30 series through Element Pictures. Adapted by Rooney alongside writers Alice Birch and Mark O’Rowe, Normal People will star Daisy Edgar Jones (War of the Worlds, Cold Feet) as Marianne and Paul Mescal in his first television role as Connell. […]
UKTV has acquired two US scripted shows, Waco and I Am The Night, for its crime drama channel Alibi. Sold by Endeavour Content, Waco premiered last year on Paramount Network. Starring Taylor Kitsch, Michael Shannon and Andrea Riseborough, the six-episode series documents the deadly 1993 stand-off between the FBI and religious cult the Branch Davidians […]
The global boom in subscription video-on-demand does not automatically mean boom time for independent producers and brings a number of new challenges as well as a new market, according to Lorenzo De Maio, head of TV advisory and partner at specialist finance and sales agency Endeavor Content. Speaking at Series Mania in Lille, De Maio […]
In a period where distributors need to be nimble and multi-skilled, serving as pseudo-commissioners, producers and development execs, there is yet another string to add to their bows: that of marketeer. In the “peak TV” era, it is no longer enough to buy, make and place content – distributors must also ensure that a programme […]
