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Sam Barcroft
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Media publisher Future buys Barcroft Studios for $30m
Media publisher Future plc has wholly acquired Sam Barcroft’s award-winning production group Barcroft Studios for…
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One to One: A year of Facebook Watch
TBI’s ‘One to One’, in which industry heavyweights put each other in the hot seat,…
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Barcroft Studios appoints former Vice exec for 4Real
Factual production company Barcroft Studios has appointed a former Vice exec to oversee content output…
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Channel 4 commissions Barcroft Studios for slate of ‘4Real’ films
Channel 4 has commissioned Barcroft Studios for a slate of short-form digital shorts under the…
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Snapchat acquires slate of Barcroft titles
Snapchat has acquired five new titles from Barcroft Media. The London-based factual producer has sold…
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Barcroft wins Facebook commission for Incredible Homes
Facebook has commissioned Barcroft Media for five-part series Most Incredible Homes. The 5 x 12-minute…
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Barcroft goes D2C with TV app
UK-based factual prodco Barcroft Productions is leaping on the success of its YouTube channel by…
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Barcroft hires ex-Maverick, Zinc execs
UK-based Barcroft Productions has added heads of development and production – a move CEO Sam…
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Barcroft adds execs after Channel 4 investment
UK-based digital content business Barcroft Media has hired execs from News UK and Bloomberg for…
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Channel 4 buys into Barcroft
Channel 4 has bought a stake in multiplatform content company Barcroft. The UK broadcaster has…
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TV’s Big Questions: have direct-to-consumer services affected the market?
Many believe 2015 was the year traditional pay TV broadcasters finally accepted they would need…
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Going (digital) native
Why are television’s biggest groups spending millions of dollars on YouTube talent-focused multichannel networks? Jesse…
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Endemol Beyond USA, Barcroft go OTT
Digital-first businesses Endemol Beyond USA and Barcroft Media have launched separate direct-to-consumer video platforms. Endemol…
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C5 finds Boy with the World’s Biggest Hands
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a one-off documentary about a boy born whose rare…
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Blue chip to new chip: natural history with bite
Stewart Clarke speaks to commissioners, producers, distributors and digital pioneers about their efforts to reimagine…
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‘Digital natives should replace ‘Millennials’
The CEO of British factual prodco Barcroft Media has warned delegates here in Cannes focusing…
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Grandmother Lover attached to Channel 5
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has commissioned a documentary about a 31-year-old man that enjoys dating…
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Bear Grylls, Barcroft launch on YouTube net
Adventurer Bear Grylls is partnering with UK production group Barcroft Media to create a adrenaline-fuelled…
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Ex-ITV producer joins Barcroft in long-form push
Former ITV producer Adam Mudditt has joined UK-based digital channels operator Barcroft Media, which is…
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YouTube net Barcroft, Rightster to ‘supercharge’ partnership
Barcroft TV, the high-performing UK-based YouTube channel, has signed an extended strategic partnership with multichannel…
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Barcroft strikes deal with Japan’s GyaO!
Producer and digital channels and footage provider Barcroft Media is branching out into Japan after…
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Animal Planet profiles Preposterous Pets in 200 territories
Discovery Networks International has commissioned Preposterous Pets, a warm factual series about owners about people…
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Shine scores Barcroft first-look deal
Shine International has secured a first-look deal with UK indie Barcroft Productions, the company behind…