WarnerMedia has ordered a US remake of The Cube, the UK gameshow format that airs on ITV. The 10 x 60-minute show is being produced by All3Media-owned Objective Media Group America, with former NBA star Dwyane Wade hosting. Wade also exec produces while his production company, 59th & Prairie Entertainment, will also produce with Layla […]
All3Media America has promoted Justin Medeiros to EVP of production. The former SVP of production now reports to CEO Tim Pastore and oversees production for All3’s 10 LA-based companies. Medeiros oversees projects including current and upcoming series Flirty Dancing (Fox), Gordon Ramsay’s 24 Hours To Hell And Back (Fox), The Hustler (ABC), Chrisley Knows Best […]
Fox is remaking UK dance-dating format Flirty Dancing. The US broadcaster is adapting the All3Media International-distributed show, in which two complete strangers are taught one half of a dance routine before meeting and executing the dance together in a beautiful setting. All3Media America and Objective Media Group-owned Second Star, which produced the original Channel 4 […]
Distributor: All3Media International Producer: Second Star Productions Broadcaster: Channel 4 (UK) Concept: Strangers take part in a choreographed dance routine hoping to find their match In the 1950s, up to 75% of couples met on the dancefloor. How times have changed. UK broadcaster Channel 4 is looking to give the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing a […]
Objective Media Group (OMG) has promoted Roz Pound to act as its director of production and operations and hired its first commercial director Holly Pye. Pye, who joins in August, joins from James Grant Media Group where she is entertainment board director. Previously she has worked as the company’s head of television. Pound was the […]
UK-based Objective Media Group has created new talent-focused production company, Hitchhiker Television. Princess Productions pair Anna Blue and Will Spokes (pictured) are leading the new label, which will be based at All3Media-owned Objective’s base in County Hall, London. Objective has been building out its production group since Objective Productions was restructured in 2015 under Layla […]
UK-based Objective Media Group has hired Channel 4’s formats commissioner, Jilly Pearce, to lead its efforts in the US as executive VP. This comes days after All3Media America announced it was creating a new production outfit, Main Event Media, with the previous Objective Media Group America’s EVP, Jimmy Fox. Pearce will relocate to LA from […]
UK-based Objective Media Group has hired a COO from Simon Cowell’s Syco Entertainment. Matthew Angel will take up the post in October, taking the lead in legal and business affairs, finance and commercial activities. At Syco, he was global head of legal business affairs, and recently renegotiated the contract to keep The X Factor and […]
Panda Television, the new UK prodco that is part of All3Media’s Objective Media Group, has named two of its key team. Big Star’s Little Star creator Stefan Iriarte has been named head of development and The Voice producer Ed Booth (pictured) as editor of entertainment. They report to Moira Ross, The Voice producer who left […]
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 […]
