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Voltage TV
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BBCS-owned Voltage TV hires ‘Tinder Swindler’ exec to head up documentaries
BBC Studios-owned unscripted label Voltage TV has appointed Sam Starbuck, exec producer of The Tinder…
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Show of the Week: Tempting Fortune
Contestants must choose between cash and comfort in this new 6 x 60-minute adventure competition…
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BBC Studios lands UK prodco Voltage TV amid expanding unscripted strategy
BBC Studios (BBCS) has taken full ownership of Inside The Factory outfit Voltage TV, as…
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Deals round-up: Bin Laden doc lands in Europe & Oz; Brazil’s Globoplay acquires Serbia’s ‘Civil Servant’; Lime Pictures to adapt ‘Planet Omar’
Bin Laden doc lands in Europe & Oz SBS in Australia, Sweden’s SVT, DR in Denmark and NRK in Norway, along…
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Round-up: Apple lines Vince Vaughn up for ‘Bad Monkey’; HGTV returns to ‘Home Town’; C4 orders Bin Laden doc
Apple lines Vince Vaughn up for Bad Monkey Apple TV+ has made a series order…
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UK’s Curious Films hires Voltage TV exec to lead development
The People vs Climate Change producer Curious Films has appointed Voltage TV’s Becky Kent to…
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Channel 5 uncovers Pompeii, Tutankhamun in ambitious history slate
Viacom-owned broadcaster Channel 5 has unveiled a slate of history programming including series on Tutankhamun,…
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Channel 4 buys into sports indie
UK broadcaster Channel 4 has bought a stake in sports programming-focused indie Whisper Films. Former…
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BBC Three lines up indie docs
UK youth-skewed channel BBC Three has commissioned new presenter-led documentaries and factual series from a…
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Discovery opens X-Ray Mega Airport
Discovery Networks International has commissioned X-Ray Mega Airport, a forensic, behind-the-scenes look at Frankfurt Airport…
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Fledgling UK indie gets C4 commission
Recently-formed UK indie Voltage TV has won its first commission, The British Property Boom, a…
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Shine execs form new factual indie, ink BBCWW deal
Sanjay Singhal (pictured) and Steve Nam have created a new factual production company, Voltage TV,…