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Sonar Entertainment
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Chicken Soup & Sonar’s Ellender unveil drama arm to fuel AVOD strategy
US-based producer, distributor and AVOD operator Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) has formed…
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Chicken Soup acquires assets of ‘Hunters’ prodco Sonar Entertainment
US-based producer, distributor and AVOD operator Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment has acquired the…
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Leonine hires Sky Vision & Sonar alum to head global sales
German outfit Leonine Studios has hired former Sky Vision and Sonar exec Patrick Phelan to…
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Sonar Entertainment names CEO as Tom Lesinski steps down
Sonar Entertainment, the US-based producer behind AT&T series Mr Mercedes and Amazon drama The Hunt,…
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Sonar partners with Felipe Esparza for comedy-travel series
Sonar Entertainment is developing a new comedy-travel series with comedia Felipe Esparza based on making…
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ITVS America taps Sonar veteran for operations
ITV Studios America has hired Sonar’s CFO and executive VP of strategy Peter Keramidas as…
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The Fifth Beatle signs up to Bravo
US cable net Bravo is tuning up for limited event series The Fifth Beatle. The…
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Returning miniseries
Distributors will tell you that if they could have one drama production in their portfolio…
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Gorfolova joins Sonar after Tricon deal
Andrea Gorfolova is joining LA’s Sonar Entertainment after the prodco completed its acquisition of Tricon…
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LA’s Sonar acquiring Tricon assets
Sonar Entertainment is to buy Tricon Film & Television’s programming library and certain production assets….
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Deal Round-up: Taboo attracts global networks
A number of broadcasters have acquired rights to Tom Hardy drama Taboo from US-based independent…
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Sonar pacts with Robert Downey Jr.
Actor Robert Downey Jr. will create scripted and unscripted programming for television and digital platforms…
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Ex-Sonar exec Zuccarelli returns to GRB
Marielle Zuccarelli has left Sonar Entertainment and rejoined GRB Entertainment. She will be COO at…
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Ex-Viacom, Sonar exec takes on Big role
Former Viacom and Sonar distribution exec Debbie Back has joined New York’s Big Media to…
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Das Boot fits as Sonar joins Sky drama
LA-based Sonar Entertainment will coproduce Sky’s German television remake of the anti-war film Das Boot….
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Sonar makes raft of distribution hires
Sonar Entertainment has expanded its distribution team, adding new execs from Sky Vision, Televisa and…
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The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 – part III
The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 reveals why, where and how the genre is evolving, tackling…
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The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 – part II
The TBI Scripted Survey 2016 reveals why, where and how the genre is evolving, tackling…
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Sonar developing The Birth of the Pill
US prodco Sonar Entertainment has optioned rights to non-fiction title The Birth of the Pill:…
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David Ellender joins Sonar
David Ellender has joined Sonar Entertainment and will be president, global distribution at the LA-based…
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Sonar makes interim chief’s role permanent
US producer Sonar Entertainment has appointed interim CEO Thomas Lesinski to the chief executive role…
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Sonar explores Full House with telemovie slate
Sonar Entertainment has acquired nine two-hour telemovies from US cable channels for international distribution, including…
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Sonar’s Stein joins Gaumont as CEO exits
It has emerged Gene Stein exited Sonar Entertainment last week to join rival LA studio…
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Gene Stein exits Sonar Entertainment
Gene Stein has left Sonar Entertainment. The US-based producer and distributor said that board member…
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Fox UK, TF1, Atresmedia buy The Fixer
Producer and distributor Sonar Entertainment has shopped its conspiracy thriller The Fixer to a raft…
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Sonar hires Red Arrow, StudioCanal sales execs
Producer and distributor Sonar Entertainment has beefed up its sales team with two new execs…
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SBS, Stan partner for Tim Kring’s Dig
SBS and Stan have joined forces to acquire broadcast and subscription on-demand rights to Tim…
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Sonar hires programming SVP
Sonar Entertainment has recruited Tom Patricia as senior VP, limited series, miniseries and movies. Patricia…
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MTV greenlights fantasy drama
Viacom-owned MTV is putting fantasy drama Shannara into production. MTV will coproduce the 10-part series,…
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Sonar hires Gene Stein to replace Stewart Till
Producer and distributor Sonar Entertainment has recruited former BermanBraun president Gene Stein as its new…
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