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Wayne Garvie
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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 & 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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EbonyLife and Sony seal scripted series pact
EbonyLife Ltd, owners of Africa’s Global Black TV Network and Sony Pictures Television (SPT), are…
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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 rejigs senior team making Parsons EVP of int’l production
Sony Pictures Television International Production (SPT Int’l) has made changes to the senior management team,…
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Kaplan exits Sony as Le Goy expands role
Andy Kaplan is one of three president-level executives leaving Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE), with worldwide…
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Ex-Sony int’l production chief Wong joins TRX board
Former Sony Pictures Television (SPT) international production president Andrea Wong has joined the board of…
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YouTube Red orders Sony’s Origin story drama
Subscription VOD service YouTube Red has ordered a sci-fi drama called Origin that has China…
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Sony names Garvie int’l production president
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has named Wayne Garvie president of international production. Garvie moves from his…
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Sony invests in Simon Pegg/Nick Frost prodco
Sony Pictures Television has taken a minority stake in Stolen Picture, the new UK-based prodco…
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Andrea Wong leaving Sony
Andrea Wong is leaving Sony amid the ongoing shake-up at the entertainment arm of the…
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Sony, S4C renew formats pact
Sony Pictures Television has renewed a formats development pact with Welsh pubcaster S4C. This pact…
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Ex-FremantleMedia exec Tegelaar joins Sony
Jason Tegelaar, formerly of FremantleMedia-owned prodco Blue Circle, has joined Sony Pictures Television in the…
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Sony launches Northern Ireland prodco
Sony Pictures Television is launching a production outfit in Northern Ireland. Stellify Media is a…
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Watch this space
Almost 60 years after the Americans and Russians battled for supremacy of the stars, two…
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Sony confirms Karl Warner prodco deal
Sony Pictures Television is backing a new production company headed by ex-BBC executive Karl Warner….
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Sony shows off its six pack
Sony’s creative boss Wayne Garvie talks about Sony Pictures Television’s enlarged slate of formats for…
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ITV2 to Release the Hounds
UK channel ITV2 has commissioned a new horror gameshow from Sony Pictures Television’s joint venture…
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SPT sets off for space with Milky Way Mission
Sony Pictures Television will blast off at MIPCOM with a format that offers contestants the…
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Sony sets up new prodco with Discovery exec Andreae
Simon Andreae is leaving Discovery to set up his own production company Scarlet Media. Sony…
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Hollywood Studio formats
Plans are underway to make some of the most iconic US shows ever for local…
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MIPCOM Hot Pick: Raid the Cage
“If you can get it out of the cage you can have it!” is the tagline for Israeli-originated gameshow format Raid the Cage.
In the show couples answer questions to win time in the cage in question.