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ITN Productions
ITV’s Harry & Meghan ties knot with nets
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement has been good news for UK-based distributor Orange Smarty….
Heavyweight backing for new VR firm
Viral Spiral founder Damian Collier has received backing from a host of prominent media executives…
Nat Geo veteran moves to ITN US
ITN Productions has recruited Michael Welsh as its vice president of production and development for…
Zinc CEO Wood stepping down
Mark Wood is leaving his post as CEO of Zinc Media, which is the new…
Sky 1 to infiltrate Freemasons
A Sky 1 documentary series will reveal secrets of the guarded Freemasons organisation. Inside the…
October hires from Channel 5, staffs up
UK prodco October Films has made a two hires and appointed a new head of…
ITN rejigs in shift from news to production
UK news producer ITN Productions is restructuring to focus on production, with Mark Browning leading…
Ross plots new path for Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is taking a new direction in its programming strategy, moving away from sensationalised…
Regal ambitions
Royalty is in vogue. Ahead of the launch of Lionsgate’s series The Royals, TBI speaks…
News brief: DRG assesses Harry at 30
UK distributor DRG has acquired Prince Harry at 30, a one-off ITN Productions documentary. The…
Sky 1 adds trio of 8pm formats
UK pay TV channel Sky 1 HD has commissioned a trio of factual and factual…
ITN Productions appoints international programming boss
UK-based ITN Productions has hired Ian Russell as head of international programmes. Russell has worked…
Discovery orders Filipino Typhoon Haiyan doc
Discovery Networks International has ordered Megastorm: World’s Biggest Typhoon, a one-off documentary about weather phenomenon,…
Discovery preps Spanish rail disaster doc
Discovery has ordered a documentary special Spain’s Worst Rail Disaster. The factual one-off is made…
Sky Vision takes ITN series to MIPTV
BSkyB-owned distributor Sky Vision has acquired rights to three titles from current affairs producer ITN…
Duchess of Cambridge pregnancy boosts Royal doc sales
The Duchess of Cambridge’s pregnancy has spurred sales of one-off documentary Wills & Kate: Baby…