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eOne snaps up Gerrie’s Whizz Kid Entertainment

Entertainment One (eOne) has acquired a majority stake in UK non-scripted television production company Whizz Kid Entertainment, led by company founder Malcolm Gerrie and Lisa Chapman. The deal is eOne’s first UK-based television production company acquisition. However the acquisition further bolsters a robust eOne UK business that includes the company’s Family & Brands business and […]

FremantleMedia hires Swedish boss

FremantleMedia has recruited Magnus Karlsson-Lamm as the managing director of its Swedish division. He will start in his new role in September and joins from commercial broadcaster TV4 where he is acting head of entertainment and deputy head of the programming department. Karlsson-Lamm will manage all development and production operations in Sweden. Based in Stockholm, […]

IMAC invests £1m in Whizz Kid

Ingenious Media Active Capital has invested £951,600 (US$1.4 million) in its UK factual producer Whizz Kid Entertainment. IMAC’s subsidiary division Ingenious Ventures has poured the cash into Whizz Kid Productions, a new 100%-owned subsidiary of Whizz Kid Entertainment, in which IMAC has a 47.25% stake and £2.75 million in loan notes. IMAC said the money […]