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Simon Chinn
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Lightbox scores Netflix Original with feature doc ‘Tell Me Who I Am’
Netflix has commissioned Simon Chinn and Jonathan Chinn’s Lightbox for a feature doc on memory…
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Hulu takes US rights to Lightbox’s Harvey Weinstein doc
Hulu has paid a seven figure sum for US rights to Untouchable, Lightbox’s feature documentary…
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How Netflix is shaking up the documentary world
Netflix is raising the bar for factual to premium levels and introducing ‘box sets’ and…
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HBO greenlights diversity doc from Whitney prodco
HBO has greenlit Storm Over Brooklyn, the winning project from the Feature Documentary Initiative created…
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BBC Two plots Harvey Weinstein doc
Disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is to be the subject of a feature length doc…
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Netflix takes hostage series Captive
Global streamer Netflix has commissioned an eight-episode series exploring delicate hostage situations around the world….
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TV’s Big Questions: what is shaping the world of content?
Platforms, technology and marketing aside, what really drives the international TV industry is content. We…
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TV’s Big Questions: which digital platform made the most impact in 2015?
“I am in no doubt that Netflix in particular has completely changed the way we…
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BBC Two gets in Vogue
UK terrestrial BBC Two has commissioned an observational documentary about British fashion magazine Vogue as…
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Man on Wire’s Chinn opens Lightbox with cousin
Documentary producer Simon Chinn has hooked up with his cousin to create a multiplatform production…