LA-based 3 Ball Entertainment has signed a coproduction deal with indie producer Rebecca Halpern. The deal will see 3 Ball and Rebecca Halpern Productions developing unscripted and scripted content for television, OTT services and digital platforms. “Several” projects are already underway, according to 3 Ball co-CEOs Todd A. Nelson and Ross Weintraub. Halpern was previously […]
The CEO of 3 Ball Entertainment has renewed his deal at the US reality prodco for two more years. Todd A. Nelson will continue as co-CEO of the producer, which was formerly Eyeworks USA, working alongside co-CEO Ross Weintraub. Nelson was a co-founder of 3 Ball in 2003, before selling it to the Eyeworks Group […]
Reinout Oerlemans has acquired a 50% stake in new Belgian producer Lecter Media, marking his first European investment since moving to the US two years ago. The Eyeworks Group co-founder, plus regular business associates Robert van den Bogaard and Ronald van Wechem (another Eyeworks co-founder), have bought into the prodco, which aims to produce factual […]
LA-based prodco 3 Ball Entertainment has promoted a long-serving executive to oversee its development efforts. D.J. Nurre has been named executive VP, programming and development. He has been with 3 Ball, which was known as Eyeworks USA until mid-2014, since 2004, and was most recently senior VP, development and current. In the new post, he […]
Eyeworks USA is rebranding to 3 Ball Entertainment and installed new senior management. The international Eyeworks business and its associated production businesses were acquired by Warner Bros. in a deal completed last February, but the US business was not part of that agreement. 3 Ball is the original brand the US prodco had before it […]
Warner Bros. has made its first deals for Eyeworks-developed formats following its takeover of the Dutch-based production group last month. Warner Bros. International Television Production has placed nude dating format Adam Looking for Eve to German network RTL and Cuatro in Spain. WBITVP took over sales of Eyeworks formats after Warner Bros. Television Group bought […]
The futures of around 20 staff at Eyeworks International Distribution (EID) are unclear following Warner Bros.’s acquisition of the rest of the Eyeworks Group. Sources have said EID staffers are contracted until the end of the year, at which point an unspecified number will move to new roles within sister company Eyeworks USA and others […]
Eyeworks founder Reinout Oerlemans is in hospital after suffering a heart attack on Sunday. Oerlemans – who last month agreed to sell Eyeworks to Warner Bros. International Television Production for €200 million (US$277.4 million) – felt ill after a hockey match and after heading home in discomfort decided to drive himself to a local hospital. […]
Eyeworks USA has been drafted in to produce the upcoming US cable remake of Banijay International-sold reality format Opposite Worlds. When Syfy took US rights at MIPCOM in 2012 Minute to Win It producer Craig Plestis from Smart Dog Media was named as executive producer but the NBCUniversal cable channel has now brought in Eyework’s […]
US cable channel Spike TV has commissioned a 10-part series in which investors seek out ‘diamond in the rough’ restaurants. Hungry Investors will see bar and nightlife expert Jon Taffer, celebrity chef John Besh and Top Chef‘s Tiffany Derry put two struggling eateries to the test to prove they deserve a cash injection that will […]
