Netflix has partnered with Tipping Point, the digital content unit of Viacom18 Studios, to produce three new series in India and brought the curtain down on US drama Daybreak. Jamtara – Sabka Number Aayega centres on the conflicts that emerge after a small town is named as India’s phishing capital; She is about an undercover […]
Comcast-owned NBCUniversal has announced the retirement of CEO Steve Burke, with film and network TV boss Jeff Shell set to be his successor. Reports of Burke’s plans to step down emerged last week and the Peacock has now confirmed his retirement will take place at the end of his contract following the 2020 Olympics. Shell […]
Netflix has ordered a Swedish and English-language drama from the producers behind its forthcoming scripted series Young Wallander, which will explore the rise of music streamer Spotify. The as-yet untitled show is based on Sven Carlsson and Jonas Leijonhufvud’s book Spotify Untold, which tracks how young Swedish tech entrepreneur Daniel Ek and his partner Martin […]
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has partnered up with Italian duo Lux Vide and Rai Fiction on an eight-part limited drama about Leonardo da Vinci that stars Poldark’s Aidan Turner. Leonardo has been created by Big Light Production’s Frank Spotnitz (The Man In The High Castle) and Steve Thompson (Sherlock) and will explore the character of […]
Andy Murray: Resurfacing producer John Battsek has praised the SVOD-fuelled wave of sports documentaries for allowing for more “human” portrayals of athletes. The Oscar-winning doc producer behind the likes of Searching For Sugar Man and The Imposter tells TBI that sports films are increasingly “about story and the human level of the story”, as demonstrated […]
Former Viacom exec Louise Holmes is joining Facebook as director of entertainment partnerships for EMEA. The exec, who will join the social media giant in January 2020 out of London, will be responsible for leading partnerships across all divisions of entertainment for EMEA, including TV, film, digital publishers, public figures and creators. She effectively replaces […]
Former BBC entertainment commissioner Sohail Shah has set up a Manchester-based prodco that will target broadcasters and streamers while championing new talent from the northwest. King Of Sunshine Productions, which will eventually be based out of MediaCity in Salford, is to focus on fact ent, formats, access docs and children’s programming. The exec tells TBI […]
Channel 5 reveals slate of 2020 programmes Access-driven documentaries, history programming, natural history and heartland factual highlight a new slate of programmes heading to Viacom-owned broadcaster Channel 5 in 2020. Keo Films’ Inside Extinction Rebellion (w/t; 1 x 60 minutes) has secured access to the environmental activists, who use creativity and people power to raise awareness of […]
Fremantle is developing an adaptation of The Robber Baron’s Daughter with new drama indie Three Tables, set up by former Leopard Pictures exec David Chikwe, UK Film Council’s Himesh Kar and entrepreneur JT Wong. One of the outfit’s first projects is a series adaptation of Jamila Gavin’s haunting mystery thriller that will be penned by […]
US-based private equity house KKR has had a busy year in Germany. The New York outfit started 2019 without a foothold in the country but, barely 11 months later, has just tied up a deal for two of Germany’s best known producers. But far from being a one-off piece of M&A activity, the acquisition reflects […]
