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Sony Pictures Television
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‘L.A.’s Finest’ wins second season from Spectrum Originals
Cop show L.A.’s Finest, starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba, has been renewed for a…
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‘Topknot’ producer inks three-year TV drama deal with Sony
British Indian producer Nisha Parti has signed a three-year co-development and co-production deal with Sony…
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Sony’s Funimation buys anime distributor
Sony Pictures Television’s anime subsidiary Funimation has acquired UK anime distributor Manga Entertainment. Manga is…
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Sony teams with Globo, Mediapro Studio for drama
Spain’s Mediapro Studio and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have struck a co-production and co-development pact,…
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Sony strikes deal with Phil Lord and Chris Miller for ‘Spider-Man’ TV series
Oscar-winning producers Phil Lord and Chris Miller have signed a five year deal with Sony…
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Sony strikes format deals for Stellify’s ‘Beauty Queen & Single’
Sony Pictures Television has struck two European format sales for Beauty Queen & Single, which…
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SPT, Wattpad team for first-look originals deal
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has teamed with Toronto-headquartered storytelling platform Wattpad for a first-look TV…
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My5 to host UK premieres of Stan, Crackle originals
Viacom-backed VOD service My5 will host the UK premieres of two dramas from Sony Pictures…
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SPT ties up with Chicken Soup for the Soul for new AVOD
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment (CSSE) have signed a…
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Sony hires Sky’s Comiskey as UK country manager
Sony Pictures Television has named Sky’s Holly Comiskey as country manager for the UK and…
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Sony hires All3Media’s Lederman for global scripted role
Sony Pictures Television has appointed All3Media exec Nina Lederman as executive VP of global scripted…
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Laurence Fishburne to exec produce Sony’s Rendlesham
Actor Laurence Fishburne is to exec produce and star in Sony Pictures Television’s UFO drama…
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Robert Kirkman’s Skybound & SPT launch scripted venture
Skybound Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has launched Skybound Galactic, a new venture formed…
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Sony launches POP kids app on PlayStation 4
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has launched an PlayStation on-demand app for children in the UK…
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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire set for 2019 return
ITV is set to bring back the Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? reprisal fronted…
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Sony takes minority stake in Safe House producer
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has taken a minority stake in Safe House producer Eleventh Hour…
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SPT names new territory managers
Sony Picture Television’s president of worldwide distribution, Keith Le Goy (pictured), has brought in a new…
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Sony looks to sell stake in Crackle
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is looking to sell a piece of its streaming service, Crackle,…
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TBI Weekly: What Disney & Sony are looking for in kids programming
This week, execs from Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Disney EMEA described the projects they…
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House producer signs with Sony Pictures TV
Liz Friedman, the senior producer of top medical drama House, has signed a multi-year deal…
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Simon Pegg prodco launches young adult drama incubator
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s indie prodco, Stolen Picture, has launched an IP Rights incubator…
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SPT unveils production pact with Kenya’s Quite Bright Films
Kenya-based Quite Bright Films Lifestyle (QBFL) and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) have revealed a multi-project…
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Sony & Komixx ink deal for young adult content
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and Komixx Entertainment have signed a multi-project deal to co-develop and…
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Sony hires W exec as Latin America production head
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has named W Studios’ Ana Bond as senior vice president and…
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UKTV picks up slate of Sony dramas for Alibi
UK-based multichannel network UKTV has acquired three Sony Pictures Television (SPT) shows for its crime…
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Dori Media hires Sony exec as it looks to Europe
Dori Media Group is reshuffling its sales division with Sony Picture Television’s Carolina Sabbag headed…
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ITV confirms Who Wants to Be a Millionaire reprisal
UK broadcaster ITV is bringing back quiz format Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. The…
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Apple taps Sony for new Latin America head
Apple has hired Sony Pictures Television’s Angélica Guerra as its first head of Latin American…
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First ever Bell/CTV format deal secured through Sony in UK
A deal that will see Sony Pictures Television (SPT) shopping Canadian format The Launch internationally…
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Sony seals string of int’l sales for Counterpart
Sony Pictures Television has sold espionage drama series Counterpart to more than 40 territories around…