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Shine TV
Box To Box Films recruits Shine TV’s Tom Hutchings as executive producer
Drive To Survive producer Box To Box Films has hired Shine TV and Studio Lambert…
Exclusive: Prime Video preps ‘The Grand Tour’ return, with UK trio pitching
Amazon Prime Video has enlisted three UK-based production companies to pitch new versions of The…
TBI Weekly: Six shows to add to your acquisitions wishlist
We’re barely into 2024 and the Miami content markets are already bustling, with NATPE Global…
Banijay hires Great Scott co-founder Leon Wilson to lead Shine TV & Zeppotron
Former Talkback and Thames MD Leon Wilson has landed the top job at Banijay’s UK…
Germany’s ZDF lands Shine TV’s UK literacy format ‘The Write Offs’
ZDF in Germanuy has ordered a local version of UK literacy format, The Write Offs….
UK’s Zinc Media launches Rex, new factual label led by Shine TV alum
UK factual group Zinc Media is launching a new label, Rex, to help fuel its…
BBC Three expands ‘MasterChef’ universe with new ‘young’ version
BBC Three, fresh from its return to linear TV, has commissioned a local version of…
Peacock preps Endemol Shine period dating show ‘Pride & Prejudice’
NBCUniversal streamer Peacock has ordered a new dating format from Endemol Shine North America (ESNA)…
Banijay licenses ‘Mystery Duets’; sells ‘The Write Offs’
European production giant Banijay has licensed French entertainment format Mystery Duets from London-based distributor Can’t…
BBCS exec Jon Swain to take reins as new Shine TV MD
Banijay-owned UK factual label Shine TV has appointed BBC Studios exec Jon Swain as its…
Shine TV’s MD Tanya Shaw to step down after seven years
Tanya Shaw is stepping down from her role as MD at MasterChef producer Shine TV after…
News round-up: BBC Four orders forgery show; ITV isolates with Shine TV; Alchimie adds OTF factual series
BBC Four adds forgery series UK free-to-air channel BBC Four has commissioned two new documentary…
Ex-Shine TV boss joins Channel 4
Former managing director of Shine TV Kelly Webb-Lamb has joined UK broadcaster Channel 4 as…
Shine TV chief to exit
Shine TV managing director Kelly Webb-Lamb is leaving the Endemol Shine Group production company at…
CBS tracks down UK format Hunted
US broadcast network CBS has commissioned an American version of UK-created format Hunted from distributor…
Germany to visit The Island
German broadcaster ProSieben has ordered its own version of survivalist format The Island. Endemol Shine…
NBC lands on Bear Grylls’ Island
US broadcaster NBC has ordered a local version of Bear Grylls-fronted Channel 4 adventurer series…
Shine TV exec joins ITV Studio’s Potato
Shine TV’s Claire Morrison has joined ITV Studios-owned UK prodco Potato in the new role…
Robinson out as Endemol Shine reveals UK team
Tim Robinson is leaving the Endemol Shine Group as the mega-indie this morning revealed its…
Shine raids the BBC for new creative director
UK-based prodco Shine TV has hired Tanya Shaw as creative director. She joins from the…
Conrad stepping back at Shine prodco Princess
Princess Productions CEO Henrietta Conrad is stepping back into a chairman role 17 years after…
Bear Grylls in Channel 4 ‘Lord of the Flies’ series
Adventurer Bear Grylls will front a new factual entertainment series billed as “Lord of the…
Shine TV looks within for MD
UK-based Shine TV has promoted Kelly Webb-Lamb to managing director. The Shine Group prodco has…
Sky Living buys supermodel competition series The Face
BSkyB channel Sky Living has ordered a local version of supermodel talent show The Face….