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Pilgrim Studios
Ben Silverman’s Propagate staffs up
Propagate, the US prodco run by Ben Silverman and backed by A+E, has made a…
Lionsgate buys stake in Wicked Tuna indie
Lionsgate Entertainment is buying into Wicked Tuna producer Pilgrim Studios. The “strategic investment” means Pilgrim…
Pilgrim D2C platform adds scripted foursome
1620 Media, the new digital platform from US indie Pilgrim Studios, ha added four scripted…
Pilgrim Studios launches 1620 D2C digital platform
US reality TV prodco Pilgrim Studios has launched a direct-to-consumer digital platform, 1620 Media. Pilgrim,…
Piligian’s Pilgrim promotes pair
Johnny Gould and Nicholas Caprio have been promoted to chief creative officer and chief content…
Discovery in Cuban doc first
Discovery Channel has commissioned Cuban Chrome, a doc series about car culture in Cuba that…
Asylum, Piligian team for Planet Earth of sports’
US prodcos Asylum and Pilgrim Studios are joining forces to produce Planet Sport (WT), a…
Syfy poaches Pilgrim’s Garner
US cable channel Syfy has poached Pilgrim Studios development exec Kelly Garner. He will be…
Pilgrim signs Tutera to first-look deal
Craig Piligian’s Pilgrim Studios has signed the star of its WE tv series CELEBrations to…
FremantleMedia bags Lindsay Lohan doc series
FremantleMedia International has acquired worldwide sales rights to an OWN doc series about troubled actress…
Cable sparks a US indie M&A frenzy
The international media groups that previously drove rounds of M&A activity among indies in the…
Spike TV taps talent for scripted specials push
US cable channel Spike TV is developing five projects from producers such as Leslie Greif…