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Zinc Media
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Zinc Media’s creative director on shooting deeply personal talent-led content
Emma Hindley, creative director at UK-based factual production outfit Zinc Media Group, lifts the lid on…
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TBI Weekly: Gaining access during lockdown
Interest in access documentaries has soared but global lockdowns have made for a challenging production…
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Five ways to use brands to fund your factual production
Dominic de Terville, director of branded content at the UK’s Zinc Media, tells TBI why…
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News round-up: Germany’s Redseven returns to production; BBC Two, Arte explore US foreign policy; Silverlining’s ‘Farm’ to open in July
Redseven returns for Sat.1’s The Taste Red Arrow Studios-owned German producer Redseven Entertainment has returned…
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News round-up: Zinc adds Jago Lee, strikes sales; Vice TV to air DC Sniper doc; Britbox adds Shakespeare
Global sales for Zinc Media docs; new creative director appointed Two new factual programmes, produced by…
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TBI Factual: How vulnerable people’s stories can be told on TV
Sarah Murch, MD and executive producer at Zinc Media’s UK producer Blakeway North, discusses the…
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BBC orders Peter Sellers doc from Brook Lapping
BBC Two in the UK has commissioned Brook Lapping, part of Zinc Media, to produce…
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Deals round-up: UK’s C5 orders history lesson; ITV doc remembers Rauol Moat rampage; ‘Ruby Ring’ remake for Indonesia
Channel 5 to air Henry VIII documentary Britain’s Blakeway Productions has been commissioned to make…
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Ex-Reef MD Hanrahan joins Tin Roof Media
Former Reef Television managing director Paul Hanrahan has joined another UK-based producer, Tin Roof Media,…
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Zinc buys Tern for £5.45m
UK-based Zinc Media is buying Tern Television Productions for a total value of up to…
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Roy Ackerman surfaces at Murder Detectives prodco
Seasoned UK executive Roy Ackerman has been appointed managing director of Films of Record, the…
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UK factual prodco gets MD, expands remit
Zinc Media, the indie group formerly known as Ten Alps, has put Lucy van Beek…
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Barcroft hires ex-Maverick, Zinc execs
UK-based Barcroft Productions has added heads of development and production – a move CEO Sam…
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Zinc CEO Wood stepping down
Mark Wood is leaving his post as CEO of Zinc Media, which is the new…
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Zinc makes first purchase since Ten Alps rebrand
Zinc Media has acquired a corporate video producer, marking the first acquisition it has made…