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Woodcut Media
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Prime Video returns to Woodcut for true crime doc on ‘London Underground Killer’
Amazon has ordered true crime documentary The London Underground Killer for streamer Prime Video in…
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TBI Weekly: The evolution of ethics in true crime filmmaking
Nick Mavroidakis, executive producer at UK factual indie Woodcut Media, explores how the past decade…
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Prime Video UK & Ireland lands Woodcut’s Sandra Rivett true crime doc
Prime Video in the UK and Ireland has picked up a true crime feature exploring…
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TBI Weekly: Unpacking the key trends for 2024
The next 12 months will define the future of the content industry, as streamers, broadcasters…
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TBI’s 2024 Predictions: Kate Beal, founder & CEO, Woodcut Media
2024 is set to be a pivotal year for the global content industry, so TBI…
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Woodcut Media ups Matthew Gordon to become head of contemporary factual
Woodcut Media has rejigged its team by promoting senior executive producer Matthew Gordon to become…
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News round-up: C5 & FilmRise prep prisoner show; Hulu plays country music; Lighthouse & Dog Ears get ‘Stage Struck!’
C5 & FilmRise meet ‘World’s Most Dangerous Prisoners’ Paramount-owned UK comcaster Channel 5 and US-based…
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News round-up: Polsat lands on ‘Temptation Island’; C4 & SBS visit Women On The Frontline; BBC returns ‘The Newsreader’
Polsat lands on Temptation Island Polsat has ordered a local version of Banijay format Temptation…
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Prime Video investigates Woodcut Media’s Suffolk Strangler & Ian Brady true crime docs
Amazon’s Prime Video SVOD service has picked up two true crime docuseries as exclusives for…
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Factual round-up: Yeti hires BBC alum as exec producer; Cineflix preps ‘Surviving Hollywood’ docuseries; Prime Video lands Woodcut show
Yeti hires BBC alum as exec producer UK-based Yeti Television has hired Simon Greenwood as…
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UK indie Woodcut appoints Unseen on Screen founder to senior fact-ent position
UK indie Woodcut Media has appointed Meriel Beale to the newly created position of senior executive producer,…
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TBI’s 2023 Predictions: Kate Beal, founder & CEO, Woodcut Media
As the new year gets underway, TBI talks to some of the biggest names in…
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UK indie Woodcut promotes new exec producer & MD of sales
UK indie Woodcut Media has promoted series producer Nick Mavroidakis to executive producer, while Koulla Anastasi has…
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Prime Video UK investigates Meredith Kercher murder
Amazon’s SVOD service Prime Video has ordered a feature-length documentary examining the 2007 murder of…
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Deals round-up: Viaplay orders Norwegian drama ‘R.I.P. Henry’; Nine & Viaplay take serial killer doc; ‘Two Lives’ sells across Europe
Viaplay orders Norwegian drama ‘R.I.P. Henry’ Nordic streamer Viaplay has commissioned R.I.P. Henry as its…
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Factual round-up: Rocket Rights lands Beatles doc; FilmRise returns to ‘World’s Most Evil Killers’
Rocket Rights lands Beatles doc Matthew Franks’ distributor Rocket Rights has acquired sales rights to…
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Sky Crime preps ‘Murdered At First Sight’ from Woodcut
Sky Crime in the UK is preparing to air Murdered At First Sight from producer…
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Woodcut’s Derren Lawford exits to launch docs & drama firm DARE Pictures
Derren Lawford, the former creative director of UK factual outfit Woodcut Media, has launched a…
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Woodcut Media names Attaboy TV exec to lead development
UK factual producer Woodcut Media has appointed Attaboy TV’s Jo Enyori to a newly created…
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C4 supercharges true crime with new strand & raft of deals
UK pubcaster Channel 4 is launching a true crime programming strand across its linear and…
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Why showing is better than telling in conservation content
Paul Wooding, managing director of Woodcut West, the Bristol branch of UK indie Woodcut Media,…
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Factual round-up: Drive strikes global sales for Diana doc; Sky Crime seeks Woodcut’s ‘Killer Within’; Blue Ant to shop search and rescue series
Drive strikes global sales for Diana doc Channel Nine in Australia, Reelz in the US,…
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Round-up: Intl’ broadcasters enter ‘Dark Woods’; C4 orders Woodcut serial killer doc; BBC builds ‘Jay’s Workshop’
Intl’ broadcasters enter ‘Dark Woods’ Broadcaster in the US, Canada, Spain and France have acquired…
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Round-up: Lifetime, E4 welcome ‘Married At First Sight Oz’; Pasiones preps Globo’s ‘Total Dreamer’; Sky Pick orders ‘Paranormal’ special
Lifetime, E4 get Married At First Sight Australia UK channel E4 and Lifetime in the…
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A freelancer’s reflections on working through the pandemic
Former Woodcut Media and Discovery Networks International exec Adam Jacobs reflects on his life as…
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Anthology Group merges Spark TV with Woodcut Media, launches new Bristol prodco
UK producer Woodcut Media has merged with Anthology Group sibling Spark TV to launch a…
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Who’d launch a distributor in Covid times?
Kate Beal, CEO at UK-based Woodcut Media, gives TBI the inside line on why her…
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UK indie Woodcut Media opens distribution arm, plans co-financing
UK indie prodco Woodcut Media is expanding into distribution, with the launch of a new…
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Deals round-up: Oz ‘Emergency’ goes global; Sky returns true crime doc; Armoza Formats travel to South Africa
Oz medical series ‘Emergency’ in multiple sales TV4 in Sweden, Mediaworks’ Three in New Zealand,…
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Dealing with Covid-19: Looking at factual through a new lens
TBI’s ongoing coverage exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the TV industry hears today from…