Kew Media Group


Canada’s Datsit Sphere acquires ‘Cardinal’ prodco Sienna Films from Kew Media

Quebec-based producer and distributor Datsit Sphere has agreed to acquire a second company from Kew Media Group (KMG), after striking a deal for Cardinal and Ransom prodco Sienna Films. Canada-based Sienna was founded in 1992 and has been behind four seasons of Cardinal for Canuck broadcaster Bell Media, US streamer Hulu, BBC 4 in the […]

Essential Media’s Greg Quail & Jesse Fawcett buy prodco back from Kew Media

The CEO and North American president at Australia and LA-based production group Essential Media Group have re-acquired the company from Kew Media Group. Essential’s CEO Greg Quail and North American chief Jesse Fawcett will now regain full control of the producer, which was acquired by the now-collapsed Kew Media two years ago. The Canadian company, […]

Kew Media Group’s BGM acquired by Quebec’s Datsit Sphere

Quebec-based producer and distributor Datsit Sphere has acquired factual and kids production company BGM (formerly Bristow Global Media) from Kew Media Group, which went into administration last week. BGM was formed in 2013 to create multi-genre, multiplatform content and is now headed by new CEO Marlo Miazga after founder Julie Bristow left the company in […]

Exclusive: What happened at Kew Media? (part 1)

Kew Media Group’s (KMG) move into administration last week prompted searching questions from all those connected with the once fast-growing production and distribution outfit. TBI has spoken to a variety of execs involved and is today running the first of two articles that delve into not just what happened at the international production and distribution […]

Kew Media Group enters administration as asset sale begins

Kew Media Group (KMG) has been placed into administration and its directors – including founders Peter Sussman and CEO Steven Silver – have left the company. The company, whose future has been in doubt for several months, said that following the order by the Ontario Superior Court, FTI Consulting Canada Inc had been appointed as […]

Kew Media Group faces administration as bank calls in debts

Kew Media Group (KMG) is facing administration after being served with a demand for payment from its senior creditor. The future of the embattled producer and distributor has been in doubt since late last year, after it revealed shock third quarter results and the exit of its CFO Geoff Webb for financial irregularities. The company’s […]

‘Backyard Builds’ prodco Frantic Films buys itself out of Kew Media Group

Canadian producer Frantic Films has become the latest company to buy itself out of the stricken Kew Media Group (KMG). Frantic’s CEO Jamie Brown has personally financed a deal to repurchase a 100% stake in the TV and film production company from Kew, which had acquired the prodco in March 2017. Terms of the agreement […]

Factual round-up: ITVS sells Plimsoll’s ‘Planet Earth’; Docubay’s 1091 deal; Love Nature expands in Russia; Kew’s unscripted sales

ITVS pounces on Plimsoll’s natural history series ITV Studios has picked up international distribution rights to Plimsoll Productions’ new natural history series, A Year On Planet Earth. The 6 x 60-minute show is being produced for ITV and is from natural history team Tom Hugh-Jones (Planet Earth II), Andrew Jackson (Frozen Planet) and Martha Holmes […]

Sky Studios expands unscripted by backing Jeff Collins’ prodco Catalina Content

UK-based Sky Studios has further expanded its production interests by backing an LA-based outfit fronted by Jeff Collins, whose former company Collins Avenue Entertainment was recently sold by the troubled Kew Media Group. Collins becomes president of Catalina Content and will oversee all creative – from development to current – and be tasked with creating […]