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Oz’s Wildbear Entertainment opens NZ office; appoints NHNZ’s Craig Meade to lead
Australian factual prodco Wildbear Entertainment has expanded its operation by launching a New Zealand office,…
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Canada’s Blue Ant Media sells majority stake in Kiwi prodco NHNZ to Julie Christie
Blue Ant Media has sold a majority stake in its New Zealand-based factual production company…
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News round-up: Love Nature unveils blue chip duo; BET+ visits eOne’s Diggstown
Love Nature greenlights blue chip duo Blue Ant Media’s Love Nature 4K has greenlit two…
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TBI Weekly: The Future is Factual – The Top Unscripted Trends of 2018
Weeks after unveiling its long-gestating, multi-million-dollar collaboration with David Attenborough, Netflix made another strong statement…
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NHNZ hires ex-Discovery exec for US production role
Kiwi prodco NHNZ has hired ex-Discovery exec Liz Brach in a newly created VP of…
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Ex-Nat Geo topper to lead Blue Ant networks unit
Producer, distributor and channel operator Blue Ant Media has launched a global networks division to…
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Sniderman joins Blue Ant from Vice’s Pulse
Blue Ant Media has added to its senior management team by bringing in Sam Sniderman…
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Blue Ant buys RACAT to form natural history powerhouse
Toronto-based producer-distributor Blue Ant Media has announced the high-profile acquisition of international media organisation RACAT…
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NHNZ preps more kids TV, teams with CCTV
NHNZ and China’s CCTV will coproduce several new projects including two animated kids series. Kiwi…
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Cleverman studio appoints scripted dev chief
Pukeko Pictures, the New Zealand-based producer behind new drama Cleverman, has appointed a head of…
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NHNZ creates US ob-doc division
Natural History New Zealand has created a new US ob-doc unit, Outrun the Sun, and…
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Fox bringing NHNZ fare to market
Fox International Channels’ new distribution arm has picked up rights to a raft of programming…
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Nat Geo and PBS producer joins NHNZ
NHNZ has brought on veteran producer, director and writer Sue Houghton who will work on…
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News brief: NHNZ gives Collins North America role
Kiwi factual producer and distributor NHNZ has promoted Shera Collins to vice president of marketing…
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Haslingden tunes up a new super indie
Until September last year, David Haslingden was Fox’s top channels executive, running its US and…
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Keshet, Haslingden launch Oz production venture
Israel’s Keshet International is going into business with former Fox Networks Group president David Haslingden…
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David Haslingden buys NHNZ and starts building factual super indie
David Haslingden, the former boss of Fox’s Networks division, has bought Kiwi natural history producer…
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Smithsonian Channel moves into reality with LA Frock Stars
The Smithsonian Channel is moving into the reality genre after it commissioned its first unscripted…
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New Zealand’s NHNZ hires three new producers
Fox-owned New Zealand factual producer NHNZ has hired three new producers to work across its…