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Magical Elves
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‘Top Chef’ producer Magical Elves hires Batterie Pictures founder
Magical Elves, the Tinopolis-owned firm behind Bravo’s Top Chef and Netflix’s Nailed It!, has hired…
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AGC Studios hires Magical Elves alum to head up new unscripted banner
US-based AGC Studios has hired Magical Elves alum Joel Zimmer to lead its new subsidiary,…
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‘Top Chef’ firm Magical Elves hires Burning Bright’s factual chief
Magical Elves, the Tinopolis-owned firm behind Bravo’s Top Chef and Netflix’s Nailed It!, has hired Dan…
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Magical Elves promotes Dan Murphy to COO
LA-based non-fiction production outfit Magical Elves has promoted Dan Murphy to the role of chief…
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Magical Elves sets out new leadership
Tinopolis-owned Nailed It! Producer Magical Elves has new leadership. The business has tapped long-time execs…
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Universal Television Alternative Studio hires Toby Gorman
Universal Television Alternative Studio has appointed Magical Elves’ Toby Gorman as president. The exec, who…
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Dan Cutforth, Jane Lipsitz launch Alfred Street Industries
Reality producers Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz, the founders of Project Runway indie Magical Elves,…
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Magical Elves founders Cutforth and Lipsitz depart
Magical Elves founders Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz are stepping down from the Top Chef producer, which…
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NBCU takes on ID as Oxygen retools as crime net
NBCUniversal is repositioning female-focused US cable channel Oxygen as a crime-themed network, putting it in…
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Ex-NBCU unscripted chief resurfaces at Tinopolis
NBCUniversal International Studios’ former unscripted chief, David Mortimer, has joined transatlantic production group Tinopolis. Mortimer…
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Bunim/Murray rejigs with promotions, hires
US reality producer Bunim/Murray has promoted a pair of executive to top entertainment posts, upped…
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Netflix greenlights Cameron Dallas series
Netflix’s latest original programme is an unscripted series featuring social media star Cameron Dallas. The…
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Tinopolis poaches Wall to Wall boss
Wales-based Tinopolis Group has poached Wall to Wall veteran Jonathan Hewes to become CEO of…
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Tinopolis poaches Sky entertainment exec
Wales-based Tinopolis Group has hired Sky commissioning editor Chris Brogden as part of a push…
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Nets observe Online Dating Rituals
Eight broadcasters around the world have acquired Online Dating Rituals of the American Male, a…
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Really serves up Turner’s Cold Justice
Thematic UK pay TV channel Really has acquired two seasons of the Dick Wolf-produced Cold…
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Tinopolis buys Top Chef producer
The Tinopolis Group has paid an undisclosed multi-million dollar sum for Magical Elves, the US-based…
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Report: Tinopolis closes in on Magical Elves
UK-based Tinopolis Group is moving close to a deal thought to be worth more than…
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Bravo Media greenlights Top Chef Extreme
Bravo Media has greenlit Top Chef Extreme (WT), a new head-to-head spin-off which will pit…
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Cable sparks a US indie M&A frenzy
The international media groups that previously drove rounds of M&A activity among indies in the…
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Showtime plots Seymour Hoffman series and Time of Death
US cable channel Showtime is working on a new comedy pilot starring Oscar winner Philip…
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Telemundo making first Spanish-language Top Chef
NBCUniversal-owned US Hispanic network Telemundo is making a Spanish-language version of cooking format Top Chef….