Kalel Productions


Scotland’s STV Studios buys Greenbird Media for $27m from Keshet International

Scotland’s STV Studios has bought UK-based producer group Greenbird Media after striking a £21.4m ($27m) deal to acquire the company from majority shareholder Keshet International (KI). The acquisition, which comes 10 months since TBI first revealed KI was exploring offers for the group, means STV Studios will gain stakes in 15 production companies including A&E […]

UK-based Kalel Productions lands Lime Pictures alum to lead development

Rich Kids Go Skint outfit Kalel Productions has landed Jamie Ingley from fellow UK firm Lime Pictures. Ingley, who helped develop Dance Monsters for Netflix and Channel 4’s Stand Up And Deliver, becomes head of development and will work across Kalel’s slate. He reports into Kalel CEO Nick Parnes and is heading up a new-look […]

Greenbird invests in new prodco Flicker

British indie incubator Greenbird Media has bought into another UK producer, as it grows its portfolio of investments. Greenbird has taken a stake in Flicker Pictures, which Colleen Flynn and Nick Underhill have founded. The company already has investments in eleven companies, including Kalel Productions, Top Hat Productions and Big Light Productions. Flynn was previously […]

Greenbird soars with another indie investment

UK media investment group Greenbird has bought an equity stake in Kalel Productions, the British indie behind BBC Three’s Stupid Man Smart Phone. This marks the eleventh investment Greenbird has made since its creation in October 2012, and comes just a month after it added Top Hat Productions to its going concerns. Kalel signed a […]

BBC Three, Worldwide co-order Smart series

BBC Three and its stablemate BBC Worldwide have co-commissioned a series in which comedian Russell Kane uses only a smartphone to survive. Stupid Man, Smart Phone will see the comic joined each week by a different online star, both of whom are convinced they can survive being dropped in harsh terrains such as the Arctic […]