Scripps Networks UK & EMEA


Scripps to make big talent play in UK & EMEA

Scripps Networks UK & EMEA plans to work with more big-name talent as part of a strategy to build its British digital terrestrial share. In an exclusive interview with TBI in Cannes last week, Scripps UK & EMEA managing director Phillip Luff said the November 2015 commission of Paul Hollywood’s City Bakes for Food Network […]

Scripps to make big talent play in UK & EMEA

Scripps Networks UK & EMEA plans to work with more big-name talent as part of a strategy to build its British digital terrestrial share. In an exclusive interview with TBI in Cannes last week, Scripps UK & EMEA managing director Phillip Luff said the November 2015 commission of Paul Hollywood’s City Bakes for Food Network […]

Food Network EMEA preps Paul Hollywood series

Food Network’s channels in the UK and EMEA will next year get an original series fronted by The Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood (pictured). Scripps Networks UK & EMEA has commissioned Paul Hollywood City Bakes, with a planned transmission date of April 2016 pencilled in. The Reef Television-produced show, which runs to ten […]

Seven, Scripps, Shaw join Windfall series

Australia’s Seven Network, Scripps Networks UK & EMEA and Food Network in Canada are all attached to a new 13x30mins lifestyle series from British indie Windfall Films. Big Kitchens will look at the logistics, cuisine and characters at some of the world’s biggest and most extreme restaurants, including an Emirate Airlines kitchen with more than […]

Scripps EMEA, Asia Pac join Canuck show

Scripps Networks’ UK & EMEA and Asia Pacific units have come on board Canadian culinary series Bake with Anna Olson. The Scripps Networks International subsidiaries have co-commissioned season two of the Peace Point Entertainment-produced show, which Shaw Media-backed Food Network in Canada originally ordered. Pastry chef Anna Olson front the series, showing viewers how to […]

Scripps makes pair of EMEA hires

Scripps has recruited former Disney and Sony exec Ross Hair to run its affiliate sales and ad sales across its UK and Europe operations. Hair (left) becomes senior VP, commercial, for Scripps Networks UK & EMEA, working across the Food Network, Travel Channel and Fine Living pay TV channels. Scripps has also brought in Filippo […]

Scripps UK goes on Food & Wine Adventures

Scripps Networks UK & EMEA has commissioned an original series for Travel Channel and recomissioned another. Food & Wine Adventures, a 6x30mins series from Tuesday’s Child, follows presenter Jenny Powell and wine expert Olivier Magny on a road trip around Romania. Meanwhile, Jonathan Phang’s Gourmet Trains, which comes from Transparent Television, has claimed a second […]

Big Eat is Scripps EMEA’s largest bet yet

Scripps Networks UK & EMEA has commissioned its largest original to date in the shape of contemporary kitchen series The Big Eat for Food Network. Scripps Network International’s London-based team has been ramping up its local commissioning strategy in recent years, and the 40x30mins Big Eat represents its biggest bet yet. Produced by Sweet TV, […]