ITV, France TV order Brook Lapping 9/11 doc ITV and France Televisions have ordered a feature-length documentary exploring the terrorist attacks on the US in 2001, with Zinc Media Group’s Brook Lapping producing. 9/11: We Have Some Planes (working title, 1 x 90 minutes) will feature previously unheard audio and images from the day of […]
US cablenet Lifetime has made one of its largest ever commitments by ordering six further seasons of Red Arrow Studios’ format Married At First Sight (MAFS), as well as two spin-offs from the show. The six-season run of Married At First Sight will again be produced by Love Is Blind prodco Kinetic Content and will […]
Doubts have emerged over the future of Love Is Blind and Deep State producer Red Arrow Studio (RAS), after creative chief Nina Etspueler became the latest senior executive to step down from the ProSiebenSat.1-owned firm. Etspueler had been group creative director at Red Arrow for 18 months, having been promoted in February 2019 following the […]
France’s M6 builds Lego Masters deal M6 in France has become the eighth broadcaster to order a local version of entertainment format Lego Masters. The show will be produced by Endemol Shine France, having originally been created by Tuesday’s Child Productions, The Lego Group and Endemol Shine Group, now part of Banijay. The latter is […]
Red Arrow Studios (RAS) CEO James Baker is to step down at the end of the year after almost a decade with the ProSiebenSat.1-owned company. The German outfit said that Baker, whose contract will not be renewed past 2020, will be replaced by an advisory board comprising of ProSiebenSat.1’s chairman Rainer Beaujean, CEO at SevenOne […]
Red Arrow Studios (RAS) has appointed former A+E Networks exec Joel Denton as acting president of the Germany company’s distribution business. Denton started his new London-based role at Red Arrow Studios International (RASI) today and will work together with current chief Bo Stehmeier, who is leaving later in the year to become CEO at ZDF […]
Redseven returns for Sat.1’s The Taste Red Arrow Studios-owned German producer Redseven Entertainment has returned to studio production for the first time since the outbreak of Coronavirus to work on an eighth season of culinary format The Taste. The show, which has been extended by broadcaster parent ProSiebenSat.1, started production on its eighth run in […]
Red Arrow Studios-owned Studio71 has hired former Fulwell73 exec Joe Varley as its director of development in the UK. He will lead the expansion of Studio71 UK’s development slate across comedy entertainment, factual and scripted comedy, reporting to Jody Smith, Studio71 UK VP & creative director. Varley has previously held development executive roles at Drop […]
Fox Networks Group (FNG) in Asia Pacific has picked up the latest season of Amazon’s crime drama Bosch from Red Arrow Studios International. The show is produced by Red Arrow Studios company Fabrik Entertainment and will air on FNG’s Fox Crime channels in the region. It has previously been sold to Germany’s Kabel Eins, TNT […]
Sky Studios invests in UK prodco Longboat Pictures Comcast-owned Sky Studios has acquired a minority stake in Longboat Pictures, a new London-based indie prodco specialising in TV drama. Longboat was founded last year by LA-based director-producer Julie Anne Robinson and former ITV commissioner Victoria Fea. Under the deal, Sky Studios’ investment will help to accelerate Longboat’s […]
