South Korean producers and broadcasters make regular appearances in TBI news but recent deals suggest the country’s content wave could be moving in a new direction, writes Richard Middleton. The Korean wave has been lapping shores in the West for almost a decade now, most notably via K-pop bands like BTS, innovative entertainment formats such as The […]
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has appointed Michaela Fereday as SVP of scripted production on its senior international production creative team. Fereday, who will take up the post next week, will be based in the UK and report to Brendan Fitzgerald, SVP of international co-productions, while working closely with the international scripted teams in Los Angeles, […]
MENA-focused operator beIN Media has struck a multi-year content deal with Sony Pictures Television (SPT) that will hand it exclusive first and second window rights to movies and series. The agreement, which covers MENA and Turkey, will see Sony Pictures Entertainment-owned TV series such as Community and Justified become available to subscribers, along with movies including Spider-Man: No Way […]
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has sold its free-to-air broadcast channels in the UK to US media group Narrative Capital. Sony Movies, Sony Movies Action, Sony Movies Classic, Sony Channel, POP, Tiny POP and POP Max have all been purchased by Narrative for an undisclosed sum, along with their digital assets. The 35 channel employees in the UK […]
HBO Max is pushing further into comedy with a Sony Pictures Television (SPT) series that has Eva Longoria attached. Gordita Chronicles follows a willful, 12-year-old Dominican girl who struggles to fit into hedonistic 1980s Miami as her family pursues the American dream. Longoria directed the pilot and will serve as executive producer for her Unbelievable Entertainment […]
TBI’s deputy editor Mark Layton dives into K7 Media’s annual format report to uncover the most in-demand genres over the past year and explores the option-grabbing IP that points to where the trend is going next. The past 12 months have seen a rising demand for tried-and-tested unscripted content, with the global pandemic having brought scripted […]
Canadian screenwriter David Shore has extended his long-running overall deal with Sony Pictures Television for another four years, making it one of the longest current showrunning tenures at any TV studio. Shore is the creator of medical dramas House and the Sony-produced The Good Doctor, the latter of which was just renewed for a fifth season […]
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has unveiled a new creative diversity fund to be operated across the company’s international production group. The scheme is part of Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE)’s Sony Pictures Action initiative and aims to improve the diversity of creative talent within the international television industry. SPT, along with an external partner from the […]
Finnish streamer Elisa Viihde has started production on a local adaptation of BBC drama The Replacement, which was created by The Crown prodco Left Bank Pictures. The three-part psychological thriller is based on the UK drama created by Joe Ahearne and Nicole Cauverien, and produced by Sony Pictures Television-owned Left Bank. SPT sells rights to the […]
Red Arrow unveils MIPTV slate UK-based Red Arrow Studios International has unveiled its slate of content across scripted, formats and factual, which it will be taking to the upcoming MIPTV. The company’s scripted offering will be led by the second seasons of international drama series Vienna Blood and Departure. Produced by Endor Productions and MR Film for ORF […]
