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Great Pacific Media
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Thunderbird president & CCO, Matthew Berkowitz, steps down, sparking leadership shakeup
Matthew Berkowitz is stepping down as president and chief content officer at Canada’s Thunderbird Entertainment…
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‘Highway Thru Hell’ leads to FAST channel with Banijay, Great Pacific deal
Canada’s Great Pacific Media (GPM) is moving into FAST with a new channel launched in…
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Cineflix recruits ex-Thunderbird president Mark Miller to head new Vancouver studio
Canadian producer-distributor Cineflix Media has appointed former Thunderbird Entertainment president Mark Miller to head up…
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Great Pacific Media appoints EVP, bolsters executive team
Canadian unscripted prodco Great Pacific Media (GPM) has bolstered its leadership team with several executive…
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Great Pacific Media strikes factual & kids pact with Sean Connolly’s Original Content Lab
Great Pacific Media, the Canadian factual and scripted label owned by Thunderbird Entertainment, has inked…
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News round-up: Hulu & Amazon bite into ‘Reginald The Vampire’; HBO preps Jodie Comer drama; Rai orders political thriller
Hulu & Amazon bite into ‘Reginald The Vampire’ Disney-owned streamer Hulu and Amazon Prime Video…
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Thunderbird Entertainment CCO Matthew Berkowitz promoted to president
Canada’s Thunderbird Entertainment Group has promoted Matthew Berkowitz to the role of president, which he will…
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News round-up: Paramount+ reports “most successful” week; ESNA & Aarón Sánchez partner for scripted show’; Great Pacific preps science series
Paramount+ reports “most successful” week ViacomCBS has claimed that its streaming service Paramount+ has experienced…
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Wapanatahk Media launches in Canada, with focus on Indigenous storytelling
Wapanatahk Media, a new production company based in Canada’s British Columbia, has launched, with a…
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Mark Miller on Great Pacific’s scripted move, a factual boom and writing words vs cheques
Great Pacific Media’s Mark Miller tells TBI deputy editor Mark Layton about the company’s move…
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Thunderbird president Mark Miller steps down amid factual rejig
Highway Thru Hell prodco Thunderbird has reshuffled its senior ranks after Mark Miller stepped down…
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Thunderbird’s Great Pacific moves into drama with Wernher Von Braun
Great Pacific Media, the factual division of Thunderbird Entertainment Group, is in development on its…
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MIPCOM Factual round-up: Sky acquires Yusuf Hawkins doc; Beyond sells 300+ hours to US; Great Pacific asks ‘What If’
Sky acquires HBO’s Yusuf Hawkins doc Sky in the UK has acquired feature documentary Yusuf…
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‘High Arctic Haulers’ prodco Great Pacific ups Way and McKernan
David Way has been promoted to the role of president at Thunderbird-owned Canadian factual prodco…
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Thunderbird appoints Lindsay Macadam for real-life drama push
Highway Thru Hell and Heavy Rescue: 401 producer Thunderbird Entertainment Group has appointed scripted executive…
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Thunderbird rejigs as Gamble switches role
Canada-based production group Thunderbird Entertainment has a new interim CEO and co-presidents following a rejig….
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Thunderbird buys Canuck compatriot
Canada-based TV and film producer Thunderbird has acquired fellow Canadian firm Great Pacific Media as…
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Murphy goes one step beyond
The new general manager of Australia-based Beyond Television tells TBI about changing international perceptions of…
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Beyond cuts US programming deals
Beyond Distribution has sealed a programming deal with Scripps Networks Interactive for content on two…