Exclusive: The race to replace Ralph Lee at the helm of BBC Studios Productions is underway, with the studio signaling its ambition by approaching some of the UK’s top unscripted executives.
Lee will step down as the CEO of BBC Studios Productions next month after a six-year stint to “pursue a new challenge” but Deadline is told that headhunter Russell Reynolds Associates is already scoping out successors.
The successful candidate will run a production unit that contributed heavily to BBC Studios’ £1.6B ($2B) content revenue last year, overseeing hits including Good Omens, Strictly Come Dancing, and David Attenborough’s natural history tentpoles.
Deadline understands that Russell Reynolds has held tentative early conversations with potential candidates including Stv Studios managing director David Mortimer, ITV Studios unscripted director Angela Jain and Karl Warner, Channel 4’s outgoing head of youth and digital.
Fatima Salaria, who previously ran The Apprentice producer Naked,...
Lee will step down as the CEO of BBC Studios Productions next month after a six-year stint to “pursue a new challenge” but Deadline is told that headhunter Russell Reynolds Associates is already scoping out successors.
The successful candidate will run a production unit that contributed heavily to BBC Studios’ £1.6B ($2B) content revenue last year, overseeing hits including Good Omens, Strictly Come Dancing, and David Attenborough’s natural history tentpoles.
Deadline understands that Russell Reynolds has held tentative early conversations with potential candidates including Stv Studios managing director David Mortimer, ITV Studios unscripted director Angela Jain and Karl Warner, Channel 4’s outgoing head of youth and digital.
Fatima Salaria, who previously ran The Apprentice producer Naked,...
- 3/14/2024
- by Max Goldbart and Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
The UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) has secured £10m in government support to expand its Beaconsfield Studios in Buckinghamshire.
The £20m expansion, subject to business case, will extend the Beaconsfield base by 25,000 sq. ft.
The additional space will allow for the introduction of new courses in AI, games, virtual and real-time production as well as a new training centre for its apprenticeship programmes and 12 fully accessible student accommodation bedrooms to be built on site.
Sophie Turner Laing, Nfts chair, said: “The School’s success in securing this vital funding will propel it towards a future of innovation and growth.
The £20m expansion, subject to business case, will extend the Beaconsfield base by 25,000 sq. ft.
The additional space will allow for the introduction of new courses in AI, games, virtual and real-time production as well as a new training centre for its apprenticeship programmes and 12 fully accessible student accommodation bedrooms to be built on site.
Sophie Turner Laing, Nfts chair, said: “The School’s success in securing this vital funding will propel it towards a future of innovation and growth.
- 3/7/2024
- ScreenDaily
Julian Bellamy, managing director of ITV Studios, has joined the board of governors of the National Film and Television School in Buckinghamshire, England.
ITV Studios is the production arm of U.K. media conglomerate ITV and with over 60 production labels is the largest producer in the U.K. It has production bases across the globe, including the U.S. It is known for dramas including “Mr. Bates Vs The Post Office,” “Gomorrah” and “Vigil” as well as reality shows such as “Love Island” and “The Voice.”
Before joining ITV Studios, Bellamy held roles at Discovery Networks International, where he was creative director and head of commissioning, Channel 4 and the BBC. He entered the industry as a current affairs producer/director.
“We are thrilled to welcome Julian Bellamy to the Nfts Board of Governors,” said Sophie Turner Laing, chair of the National Film and Television School. “His extensive experience and...
ITV Studios is the production arm of U.K. media conglomerate ITV and with over 60 production labels is the largest producer in the U.K. It has production bases across the globe, including the U.S. It is known for dramas including “Mr. Bates Vs The Post Office,” “Gomorrah” and “Vigil” as well as reality shows such as “Love Island” and “The Voice.”
Before joining ITV Studios, Bellamy held roles at Discovery Networks International, where he was creative director and head of commissioning, Channel 4 and the BBC. He entered the industry as a current affairs producer/director.
“We are thrilled to welcome Julian Bellamy to the Nfts Board of Governors,” said Sophie Turner Laing, chair of the National Film and Television School. “His extensive experience and...
- 3/4/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
The Film4, BBC and Amazon Studios executives will help to shape skills strategy.
Director of Film4 Ollie Madden, the BBC’s chief content officer Charlotte Moore and Amazon Studios’ head of diversity and inclusion Miranda Wayland have joined the board of the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) as it seeks to tackle the skills gap.
They join existing governors Channel 4’s head of drama Caroline Hollick, Sky Arts director Phil Edgar-Jones and All3Media chief operating officer of Sara Geater.
They will oversee the development of a corporate plan for 2023, chaired by former chief executive officer of...
Director of Film4 Ollie Madden, the BBC’s chief content officer Charlotte Moore and Amazon Studios’ head of diversity and inclusion Miranda Wayland have joined the board of the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) as it seeks to tackle the skills gap.
They join existing governors Channel 4’s head of drama Caroline Hollick, Sky Arts director Phil Edgar-Jones and All3Media chief operating officer of Sara Geater.
They will oversee the development of a corporate plan for 2023, chaired by former chief executive officer of...
- 11/24/2022
- by Heather Fallon Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Former Endemol Shine and Sky executive succeeds Patrick McKenna.
Former chief executive of Endemol Shine and managing director of Sky, Sophie Turner Laing, has been appointed the first female chair of the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) board of governors.
She succeeds Patrick McKenna, founder of UK financier Ingenious, who will step down in August, having held the post since 2013.
At Endemol Shine from 2014 to 2020, Turner Laing oversaw more than 120 creative production companies, and as managing director of content at Sky from 2007 to 2014 she led the increased investment in original British programming and spearheaded Sky’s sponsorship...
Former chief executive of Endemol Shine and managing director of Sky, Sophie Turner Laing, has been appointed the first female chair of the UK’s National Film and Television School (Nfts) board of governors.
She succeeds Patrick McKenna, founder of UK financier Ingenious, who will step down in August, having held the post since 2013.
At Endemol Shine from 2014 to 2020, Turner Laing oversaw more than 120 creative production companies, and as managing director of content at Sky from 2007 to 2014 she led the increased investment in original British programming and spearheaded Sky’s sponsorship...
- 3/23/2022
- by Ellie Kahn Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Sophie Turner Laing, former CEO of Endemol Shine and MD of Sky, has been appointed chair of the U.K. National Film and Television School’s (Nfts) board of governors. She will become the Nfts’ first female chair when she succeeds Ingenious founder Patrick McKenna, who will step down at the end of his term in August.
During McKenna’s tenure, which began in 2013, the Nfts became the film school to win a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education and the first educational institution to be awarded a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.
Turner Laing was in charge of Endemol Shine from 2014-2020, overseeing a network of more than 120 creative production companies in 28 markets. She stepped down from the role after the Banijay takeover.
As Sky MD, she was instrumental in increasing investment in original British programming and revitalising Sky Arts. The executive previously held...
During McKenna’s tenure, which began in 2013, the Nfts became the film school to win a Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education and the first educational institution to be awarded a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.
Turner Laing was in charge of Endemol Shine from 2014-2020, overseeing a network of more than 120 creative production companies in 28 markets. She stepped down from the role after the Banijay takeover.
As Sky MD, she was instrumental in increasing investment in original British programming and revitalising Sky Arts. The executive previously held...
- 3/23/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The UK’s National Film and Television School’s (Nfts) Board of Governors has named Sophie Turner Laing, former CEO of Endemol Shine and MD of Sky, as its new chair.
Turner Laing succeeds Patrick McKenna and becomes the School’s first female chair.
McKenna will step down in August having held the post since 2013. During his tenure, the Nfts became the first film school to win the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education and the first educational institution to be awarded a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.
Turner Laing ran Endemol Shine from 2014 to 2020. Prior to her position as MD at Sky she had a number of senior roles at the BBC. In 2018 she was awarded an OBE for her services to media. The exec has also been involved in the Nfts for a number of years and previously served on its board of governors.
Turner Laing succeeds Patrick McKenna and becomes the School’s first female chair.
McKenna will step down in August having held the post since 2013. During his tenure, the Nfts became the first film school to win the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education and the first educational institution to be awarded a BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema.
Turner Laing ran Endemol Shine from 2014 to 2020. Prior to her position as MD at Sky she had a number of senior roles at the BBC. In 2018 she was awarded an OBE for her services to media. The exec has also been involved in the Nfts for a number of years and previously served on its board of governors.
- 3/23/2022
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Harris takes over from Greg Dyke.
Bafta has named Neal Street Productions co-founder Pippa Harris as its vice president for television, taking over from former director general of the BBC Greg Dyke, who served from 2016-21.
Harris has been closely involved with Bafta for over 10 years. She joined the board of trustees as deputy chair of the film committee in 2011 and was made chair of the film committee in 2015, and chair of the academy in 2018.
She has supported Bafta’s programme of learning and new talent initiatives including the Bafta Scholarships programme, Bafta Breakthrough and Bafta Elevate. Harris also chaired...
Bafta has named Neal Street Productions co-founder Pippa Harris as its vice president for television, taking over from former director general of the BBC Greg Dyke, who served from 2016-21.
Harris has been closely involved with Bafta for over 10 years. She joined the board of trustees as deputy chair of the film committee in 2011 and was made chair of the film committee in 2015, and chair of the academy in 2018.
She has supported Bafta’s programme of learning and new talent initiatives including the Bafta Scholarships programme, Bafta Breakthrough and Bafta Elevate. Harris also chaired...
- 11/17/2021
- by Mona Tabbara
- ScreenDaily
BAFTA has appointed Dame Pippa Harris, co-founder of Neal Street Productions, as its VP for television.
She takes over for Greg Dyke, who occupied the role from 2016 until this year. Other VPs for television in the past have included Lord Michael Grade (2004-2010) and former Endemol Shine boss Sophie Turner Laing (2010-2015).
Harris has been closely involved with BAFTA for over 10 years and joined the board as deputy chair of the film committee in 2011. She was made chair of the film committee in 2015, and chair of the Academy in 2018.
BAFTA can appoint up to three VPs, one in each of the three sectors of film, games and television, who serve for up to six years. James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli currently serves as BAFTA’s VP for film, while David Gardner is VP for games.
Said Harris: “I am hugely honoured to have been asked to take on this role...
She takes over for Greg Dyke, who occupied the role from 2016 until this year. Other VPs for television in the past have included Lord Michael Grade (2004-2010) and former Endemol Shine boss Sophie Turner Laing (2010-2015).
Harris has been closely involved with BAFTA for over 10 years and joined the board as deputy chair of the film committee in 2011. She was made chair of the film committee in 2015, and chair of the Academy in 2018.
BAFTA can appoint up to three VPs, one in each of the three sectors of film, games and television, who serve for up to six years. James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli currently serves as BAFTA’s VP for film, while David Gardner is VP for games.
Said Harris: “I am hugely honoured to have been asked to take on this role...
- 11/17/2021
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Neal Street founder and Call the Midwife exec Pippa Harris has replaced former BBC Director General Greg Dyke as BAFTA’s Vice President for Television.
Harris, who is already Deputy Chair of the organization, will serve as ambassador, flying the flag for BAFTA’s charitable work in the UK and globally and formally supporting the Duke of Cambridge, BAFTA’s President.
She joins Vice President For Film Barbara Broccoli and Vice President for Games David Gardner. Previous VPs for Television include former BBC Dg Dyke, former Endemol Shine CEO Sophie Turner Laing and Lord Grade.
“I believe passionately in the work which the charity is doing to widen participation in film, games and television,” said Harris. “It is also a pivotal moment for our industry in terms of working in a more sustainable way, and the BAFTA albert consortium has a leading role to play in this.”
BAFTA CEO Amanda...
Harris, who is already Deputy Chair of the organization, will serve as ambassador, flying the flag for BAFTA’s charitable work in the UK and globally and formally supporting the Duke of Cambridge, BAFTA’s President.
She joins Vice President For Film Barbara Broccoli and Vice President for Games David Gardner. Previous VPs for Television include former BBC Dg Dyke, former Endemol Shine CEO Sophie Turner Laing and Lord Grade.
“I believe passionately in the work which the charity is doing to widen participation in film, games and television,” said Harris. “It is also a pivotal moment for our industry in terms of working in a more sustainable way, and the BAFTA albert consortium has a leading role to play in this.”
BAFTA CEO Amanda...
- 11/17/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC Studios has appointed chief finance officer Tom Fussell as CEO, more than one year after Tim Davie moved to become Dg.
Fussell has held the interim post since September 2020, overseeing the producer-distributor’s global strategy.
He will lead on the development of ambitious expansion plans as Davie tasks BBC Studios with boosting commercial returns by 30% over the next five years, while also overseeing diversity and inclusion initiatives and multiple other areas of business.
“In the last year, Tom has proven himself an outstanding leader for BBC Studios, steering the company through its most difficult times with both conviction and compassion, and delivering strong results,” said Davie.
Fussell said: “BBC Studios is a core part of the BBC Group and increasingly supports across all its strategic priorities from unique high priority content and impartiality to online and, of course, commercial income. With ambition to serve both British and international audiences in new ways,...
Fussell has held the interim post since September 2020, overseeing the producer-distributor’s global strategy.
He will lead on the development of ambitious expansion plans as Davie tasks BBC Studios with boosting commercial returns by 30% over the next five years, while also overseeing diversity and inclusion initiatives and multiple other areas of business.
“In the last year, Tom has proven himself an outstanding leader for BBC Studios, steering the company through its most difficult times with both conviction and compassion, and delivering strong results,” said Davie.
Fussell said: “BBC Studios is a core part of the BBC Group and increasingly supports across all its strategic priorities from unique high priority content and impartiality to online and, of course, commercial income. With ambition to serve both British and international audiences in new ways,...
- 10/13/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
BBC Studios is the latest major international studio to reveal how the coronavirus pandemic has blown a hole in its earnings.
The BBC’s commercial arm, which makes shows including Doctor Who and Good Omens, posted an Ebitda of £151 million ($209M) in the year to the end of March 2021. This was down or £30M ($41M), or 17%, on the same period last year.
BBC Studios’ revenue fell 10% to £1.25B, according to the BBC’s annual report published Tuesday. Like many production houses, BBC Studios had to down tools on more than half of its shows for months during the pandemic. Advertising revenue also decreased.
Deadline has previously revealed that the coronavirus pandemic wiped £318M off the combined value of the BBC’s commercial operations, including BBC Studios.
Despite the financial performance, BBC chairman Richard Sharp said BBC Studios had a “better year than anticipated.” Indeed, its 17% profit hit compared favorably to other major European studios.
The BBC’s commercial arm, which makes shows including Doctor Who and Good Omens, posted an Ebitda of £151 million ($209M) in the year to the end of March 2021. This was down or £30M ($41M), or 17%, on the same period last year.
BBC Studios’ revenue fell 10% to £1.25B, according to the BBC’s annual report published Tuesday. Like many production houses, BBC Studios had to down tools on more than half of its shows for months during the pandemic. Advertising revenue also decreased.
Deadline has previously revealed that the coronavirus pandemic wiped £318M off the combined value of the BBC’s commercial operations, including BBC Studios.
Despite the financial performance, BBC chairman Richard Sharp said BBC Studios had a “better year than anticipated.” Indeed, its 17% profit hit compared favorably to other major European studios.
- 7/6/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Writer Neil Gaiman, actor Hugh Grant and historian and presenter David Olusoga are among 120 well-known British figures who have signed an open letter decrying the threat to public service broadcasters from streamers and government.
The letter, from campaign group the British Broadcasting Challenge, chaired by former BBC creative officer Pat Younge, states that PSBs such as the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are “under severe threat” from “unregulated streaming services and ‘click-bait’ content of big-tech companies” and also from the U.K. government.
Also signed by actors Michael Sheen and Steve Coogan, author Salman Rushdie and filmmaker Armando Iannucci, the letter is addressed to U.K. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden. It points out that funding to the BBC has been cut by 30% and states that “the safeguards supporting the Psb structures at ITV, C4 and C5 have been undermined and would...
The letter, from campaign group the British Broadcasting Challenge, chaired by former BBC creative officer Pat Younge, states that PSBs such as the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are “under severe threat” from “unregulated streaming services and ‘click-bait’ content of big-tech companies” and also from the U.K. government.
Also signed by actors Michael Sheen and Steve Coogan, author Salman Rushdie and filmmaker Armando Iannucci, the letter is addressed to U.K. Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Oliver Dowden. It points out that funding to the BBC has been cut by 30% and states that “the safeguards supporting the Psb structures at ITV, C4 and C5 have been undermined and would...
- 5/20/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: BBC Studios has gone back out to the market in its search for a new chief executive at the request of new BBC chairman Richard Sharp, Deadline can reveal.
BBC Studios’ hunt for Tim Davie’s successor is now in its tenth month after the £1.4 billion ($2B) production, distribution, and broadcasting empire has been turned down by a string of high-profile executives.
Acting CEO Tom Fussell was recently seen as the frontrunner, with a number of sources expecting him to be handed the job permanently, but Sharp asked BBC Studios to go back to the drawing board after his arrival in February, per two sources.
BBC Studios is said to be casting its recruitment net globally and there is also chatter that former Goldman Sachs banker Sharp may have some candidates in mind from outside of the television industry.
The U.S. is said to be a particular area of focus for BBC Studios,...
BBC Studios’ hunt for Tim Davie’s successor is now in its tenth month after the £1.4 billion ($2B) production, distribution, and broadcasting empire has been turned down by a string of high-profile executives.
Acting CEO Tom Fussell was recently seen as the frontrunner, with a number of sources expecting him to be handed the job permanently, but Sharp asked BBC Studios to go back to the drawing board after his arrival in February, per two sources.
BBC Studios is said to be casting its recruitment net globally and there is also chatter that former Goldman Sachs banker Sharp may have some candidates in mind from outside of the television industry.
The U.S. is said to be a particular area of focus for BBC Studios,...
- 5/17/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
International Insider: Cannes Keeping Confident; BBC’s Radical Reorg; Piers-steria Continues; Oscars
Hello International Insider friends, Jake Kanter here. Well done on making it to the end of another frantic few days. As always, we’re in your inbox to serve up the tastiest news morsels of the week from the international film and TV biz. Got something to say or a story? I’m on jkanter@deadline.com or my DMs are open on Twitter. And sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox every Friday.
Cannes Keeping Confident
Can Cannes? France might be under the swell of a third wave of coronavirus, but that has not dampened the bullishness of Cannes Film Festival organizers. Whether it’s blind hope or the fest knows something the rest of the world doesn’t, Cannes remains determined to hold its July 6-15 physical event in which “the film industry will meet up again in large numbers.” That’s not before a...
Cannes Keeping Confident
Can Cannes? France might be under the swell of a third wave of coronavirus, but that has not dampened the bullishness of Cannes Film Festival organizers. Whether it’s blind hope or the fest knows something the rest of the world doesn’t, Cannes remains determined to hold its July 6-15 physical event in which “the film industry will meet up again in large numbers.” That’s not before a...
- 3/19/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
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BBC Studios’ Stuttering CEO Search
Friday must-read: Top of your agenda this week is an International Insider exclusive on BBC Studios’ hunt for a new CEO. The bottom line is this: After an ambitious and wide-ranging six-month search, sources say that BBC director general Tim Davie is no closer to landing the big name he desires.
Who’s said no: Running Doctor Who producer BBC Studios remains one of the most prized jobs in the British industry, but it has proved to be the wrong role or the wrong time for a number of high-profile candidates,...
BBC Studios’ Stuttering CEO Search
Friday must-read: Top of your agenda this week is an International Insider exclusive on BBC Studios’ hunt for a new CEO. The bottom line is this: After an ambitious and wide-ranging six-month search, sources say that BBC director general Tim Davie is no closer to landing the big name he desires.
Who’s said no: Running Doctor Who producer BBC Studios remains one of the most prized jobs in the British industry, but it has proved to be the wrong role or the wrong time for a number of high-profile candidates,...
- 1/15/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: BBC Studios has been ambitious and wide-ranging in its search for a new chief executive, but after nearly six months of recruiting, sources say that BBC director general Tim Davie is no closer to landing the big name he desires.
Deadline has spoken to several well-placed sources about why the executive hunt, which began in July last year, is yet to be resolved at a crucial time for the Doctor Who and Top Gear producer, as it grapples with the headwinds of coronavirus and the quickening revolution in streaming.
Running BBC Studios remains one of the most prized jobs in the British industry, overseeing a £1.4 billion ($1.9B) empire of production, distribution, and broadcasting assets. But it has proved to be the wrong job or the wrong time for a number of high-profile candidates approached by Egon Zehnder headhunters.
Deadline understands that Davie, himself the former CEO of BBC Studios,...
Deadline has spoken to several well-placed sources about why the executive hunt, which began in July last year, is yet to be resolved at a crucial time for the Doctor Who and Top Gear producer, as it grapples with the headwinds of coronavirus and the quickening revolution in streaming.
Running BBC Studios remains one of the most prized jobs in the British industry, overseeing a £1.4 billion ($1.9B) empire of production, distribution, and broadcasting assets. But it has proved to be the wrong job or the wrong time for a number of high-profile candidates approached by Egon Zehnder headhunters.
Deadline understands that Davie, himself the former CEO of BBC Studios,...
- 1/15/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
U.K. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has begun the negotiations process that will determine how much the annual TV license will cost, the proceeds of which currently fund the BBC and Welsh free-to-air broadcaster S4C.
The license fee, which helps to keep the BBC commercial-free, makes up the bulk of the public broadcaster’s income, which, in the financial year 2019/20 was £3.5 billion ($4.6 billion). The license fee currently costs £157.50 ($208.6) per household per year.
The overall license fee model is guaranteed until the end of the BBC Charter period in 2027, but its reform from this point is something Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has promised to scrutinize. The BBC is now headed by director general Tim Davie, former boss of BBC Studios, who took over from Tony Hall in September.
The negotiations will decide how much public funding the BBC and S4C will receive for at least five years from...
The license fee, which helps to keep the BBC commercial-free, makes up the bulk of the public broadcaster’s income, which, in the financial year 2019/20 was £3.5 billion ($4.6 billion). The license fee currently costs £157.50 ($208.6) per household per year.
The overall license fee model is guaranteed until the end of the BBC Charter period in 2027, but its reform from this point is something Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government has promised to scrutinize. The BBC is now headed by director general Tim Davie, former boss of BBC Studios, who took over from Tony Hall in September.
The negotiations will decide how much public funding the BBC and S4C will receive for at least five years from...
- 11/10/2020
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
BBC Studios has announced that CFO Tom Fussell will act up as CEO following Tim Davie’s promotion to director general of the BBC.
Davie will move across to the top job on September 1, at which point Fussell will take on his responsibilities at the Doctor Who and Top Gear producer until a successor is found.
BBC Studios has begun recruiting for the CEO role and expects to make an appointment in the autumn. Industry sources have previously linked former Endemol Shine CEO Sophie Turner Laing and Sony’s international chief Wayne Garvie to the role.
Fussell has been BBC Studios’ CFO since 2018 and held the same role at BBC Worldwide and Shine. Sonia Magris, group finance director, will take on Fussell’s finance responsibilities in the interim.
Davie said: “Tom will ensure that Studios continues to manage through the Covid-19 crisis, putting wellbeing first, while doing all it can...
Davie will move across to the top job on September 1, at which point Fussell will take on his responsibilities at the Doctor Who and Top Gear producer until a successor is found.
BBC Studios has begun recruiting for the CEO role and expects to make an appointment in the autumn. Industry sources have previously linked former Endemol Shine CEO Sophie Turner Laing and Sony’s international chief Wayne Garvie to the role.
Fussell has been BBC Studios’ CFO since 2018 and held the same role at BBC Worldwide and Shine. Sonia Magris, group finance director, will take on Fussell’s finance responsibilities in the interim.
Davie said: “Tom will ensure that Studios continues to manage through the Covid-19 crisis, putting wellbeing first, while doing all it can...
- 7/28/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Nicola Bamford, the CEO of Endemol Shine’s international operations, has become the latest executive to step down after Banijay completed its $2.2Bn takeover of the MasterChef production group earlier this month.
Bamford has worked at Endemol Shine for the past three years, but joins the likes of CEO Sophie Turner Laing and Wim Ponnet, the chief strategy and commercial officer, in heading for the exit door since the Banijay merger was made official.
Harvard Business School graduate Bamford joined Endemol Shine in 2017 from Sky, where she was director of international Ott. She led the production giant’s operations in key international markets, including Southern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel, India, Russia, and China.
A Banijay spokeswoman said: “We have had to trigger a number of redundancies through the integration process to adequately streamline the business for the future. Nicola Bamford has subsequently left her role as CEO,...
Bamford has worked at Endemol Shine for the past three years, but joins the likes of CEO Sophie Turner Laing and Wim Ponnet, the chief strategy and commercial officer, in heading for the exit door since the Banijay merger was made official.
Harvard Business School graduate Bamford joined Endemol Shine in 2017 from Sky, where she was director of international Ott. She led the production giant’s operations in key international markets, including Southern Europe, Central and Eastern Europe, Israel, India, Russia, and China.
A Banijay spokeswoman said: “We have had to trigger a number of redundancies through the integration process to adequately streamline the business for the future. Nicola Bamford has subsequently left her role as CEO,...
- 7/23/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Nicola Bamford, CEO of Endemol Shine’s international operations, joins the crowd of executives heading for the door following the $2.2 billion acquisition of the group, which produces such international hits as Black Mirror and MasterChef, by French company Banijay.
Bamford, who has worked at Endemol Shine for the past three years, follows top talent including company CEO Sophie Turner Laing, chief strategy and commercial officer Wim Ponnet and Endemol Shine France president Nicolas Coppermann, all of whom have left the group in the wake of the Banijay merger.
Several Endemol Shine execs, however, are staying put. Pilar Blasco, head ...
Bamford, who has worked at Endemol Shine for the past three years, follows top talent including company CEO Sophie Turner Laing, chief strategy and commercial officer Wim Ponnet and Endemol Shine France president Nicolas Coppermann, all of whom have left the group in the wake of the Banijay merger.
Several Endemol Shine execs, however, are staying put. Pilar Blasco, head ...
- 7/23/2020
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Banijay has unveiled its rebranded identity following the completion of its takeover of Endemol Shine Group last week. The combined group, which is headed by Marco Bassetti, CEO, will be entitled Banijay. The Endemol Shine brand is effectively being retired from the new brand.
Banijay’s $2.2 billion deal for Endemol Shine was cleared by the European Commission’s antitrust body last week. Days later, on July 3, the company announced Sophie Turner Laing, CEO of Endemol Shine Group, would be stepping down from her role on July 10.
Boasting 200 entities across 22 countries and a library of 88,000 hours, the French-headquartered group will be the largest non-u.S. content producer and distributor. The group’s well-established banners include Kudos, Filmlance, Rubicon (“Beforeigners”) and Diagonal (“Cathedral of the Sea”) on the Endemol Shine side. Flagship Banijay titles include “Versailles,” “The Inbetweeners” and “Survivor,” while Endemol Shine has “Big Brother,” “MasterChef,” “Black Mirror” and “Peaky Blinders.
Banijay’s $2.2 billion deal for Endemol Shine was cleared by the European Commission’s antitrust body last week. Days later, on July 3, the company announced Sophie Turner Laing, CEO of Endemol Shine Group, would be stepping down from her role on July 10.
Boasting 200 entities across 22 countries and a library of 88,000 hours, the French-headquartered group will be the largest non-u.S. content producer and distributor. The group’s well-established banners include Kudos, Filmlance, Rubicon (“Beforeigners”) and Diagonal (“Cathedral of the Sea”) on the Endemol Shine side. Flagship Banijay titles include “Versailles,” “The Inbetweeners” and “Survivor,” while Endemol Shine has “Big Brother,” “MasterChef,” “Black Mirror” and “Peaky Blinders.
- 7/6/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The French TV production company Banijay has closed its $2.2 billion acquisition of Endemol Shine Group. Upon the announcement of the deal’s closing, Endemol Shine CEO Sophie Turner Laing said she will exit the company at the end of next week.
“This deal bookmarks a creatively rich, commercially successful and relentlessly prolific five and a half years as Endemol Shine Group,” Turner Laing said in a statement. “It has been a real privilege and honour to lead such a talented and dynamic group of people, each of whom has played their part in, and should be proud of, our many collective successes over this time. As the start of an exciting new chapter in the company’s story, it is also the appropriate time for me to step down as CEO, and I wish Marco and his team the very best for the future.”
The deal, first announced last October,...
“This deal bookmarks a creatively rich, commercially successful and relentlessly prolific five and a half years as Endemol Shine Group,” Turner Laing said in a statement. “It has been a real privilege and honour to lead such a talented and dynamic group of people, each of whom has played their part in, and should be proud of, our many collective successes over this time. As the start of an exciting new chapter in the company’s story, it is also the appropriate time for me to step down as CEO, and I wish Marco and his team the very best for the future.”
The deal, first announced last October,...
- 7/3/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Happy Friday, Tom Grater here. Here’s a rundown of the key pieces of international news from this week. If you want to subscribe to get this alert in a timely fashion, sign up here.
1. Apple’s Big Bite
Flexing financial muscle: If you thought the film biz was tightening its belt and cautiously waiting out the pandemic, think again. This week, Apple triumphed over Warner Bros in a frenzied Cannes auction by sealing a remarkable $120M deal for Antoine Fuqua’s thriller Emancipation, which is set to star Will Smith as a runaway slave. That’s not just a record for a festival pact, it blows any previous deal out of the water.
Sign of the times: It was telling that a streamer triumphed over a studio (though it sounds like Warner fought hard), and the deal was a reminder that tech giant Apple, the third most valuable company in the world,...
1. Apple’s Big Bite
Flexing financial muscle: If you thought the film biz was tightening its belt and cautiously waiting out the pandemic, think again. This week, Apple triumphed over Warner Bros in a frenzied Cannes auction by sealing a remarkable $120M deal for Antoine Fuqua’s thriller Emancipation, which is set to star Will Smith as a runaway slave. That’s not just a record for a festival pact, it blows any previous deal out of the water.
Sign of the times: It was telling that a streamer triumphed over a studio (though it sounds like Warner fought hard), and the deal was a reminder that tech giant Apple, the third most valuable company in the world,...
- 7/3/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
Sophie Turner Laing, the CEO of Endemol Shine Group, is stepping down from her role following the takeover by Banijay which received anti-trust clearance from the European Commission earlier this week.
The combined group will be led by Marco Bassetti, the CEO of Banijay Group. Turner Laing’s final day will be July 10.
“This deal bookmarks a creatively rich, commercially successful and relentlessly prolific five and a half years as Endemol Shine Group. It has been a real privilege and honour to lead such a talented and dynamic group of people, each of whom has played their part in, and should be proud of, our many collective successes over this time,” said Turner Laing.
“As the start of an exciting new chapter in the company’s story, it is also the appropriate time for me to step down as CEO, and I wish Marco and his team the very best for the future,...
The combined group will be led by Marco Bassetti, the CEO of Banijay Group. Turner Laing’s final day will be July 10.
“This deal bookmarks a creatively rich, commercially successful and relentlessly prolific five and a half years as Endemol Shine Group. It has been a real privilege and honour to lead such a talented and dynamic group of people, each of whom has played their part in, and should be proud of, our many collective successes over this time,” said Turner Laing.
“As the start of an exciting new chapter in the company’s story, it is also the appropriate time for me to step down as CEO, and I wish Marco and his team the very best for the future,...
- 7/3/2020
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Sophie Turner Laing is to step down as the CEO of Endemol Shine Group next week after Banijay Group completed its $2.2Bn takeover of the production giant.
Turner Laing has run MasterChef and Big Brother producer Endemol Shine since 2014, but will step down on July 10 and Banijay Group CEO Marco Bassetti will take control of the combined entity, which will be named Banijay.
The completion of the takeover follows the European Commission providing regulatory approval for the deal earlier this week, eight months after Banijay first announced it was acquiring its competitor from Disney and Apollo Global Management.
Commenting on her departure, which Deadline first mooted last year, Turner Laing said: “This deal bookmarks a creatively rich, commercially successful and relentlessly prolific five and a half years as Endemol Shine Group.
“It has been a real privilege and honour to lead such a talented and dynamic group of people, each...
Turner Laing has run MasterChef and Big Brother producer Endemol Shine since 2014, but will step down on July 10 and Banijay Group CEO Marco Bassetti will take control of the combined entity, which will be named Banijay.
The completion of the takeover follows the European Commission providing regulatory approval for the deal earlier this week, eight months after Banijay first announced it was acquiring its competitor from Disney and Apollo Global Management.
Commenting on her departure, which Deadline first mooted last year, Turner Laing said: “This deal bookmarks a creatively rich, commercially successful and relentlessly prolific five and a half years as Endemol Shine Group.
“It has been a real privilege and honour to lead such a talented and dynamic group of people, each...
- 7/3/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
TV festival and industry event announces trio of year-round activities.
French TV festival and industry event Series Mania, which takes place in the northern French city of Lille, has announced 2021 dates of March 19 to 27 for its festival component and March 23 to 27 for its industry-focused Series Mania Forum event.
This year’s physical edition was cancelled just 10 days ahead of its scheduled March 20 to 28 slot due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and was replaced with an industry-focused online event, bannered Series Mania Digital.
Series Mania founder and general manager Laurence Herszberg revealed the event would now launch three new initiatives, which had...
French TV festival and industry event Series Mania, which takes place in the northern French city of Lille, has announced 2021 dates of March 19 to 27 for its festival component and March 23 to 27 for its industry-focused Series Mania Forum event.
This year’s physical edition was cancelled just 10 days ahead of its scheduled March 20 to 28 slot due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and was replaced with an industry-focused online event, bannered Series Mania Digital.
Series Mania founder and general manager Laurence Herszberg revealed the event would now launch three new initiatives, which had...
- 6/30/2020
- by 1100388¦Melanie Goodfellow¦69¦
- ScreenDaily
Hello, and welcome to International Insider, Jake Kanter here. For those who missed us last week, this is Deadline’s new weekly newsletter containing everything you need to know about the global film and television business. If you want to subscribe, sign up to our breaking news alerts here.
Here are the six things we want you to know this week:
1. Scoop: D-Day For Endemol Shine Deal
One for the diary: It’s been eight months since Banijay Group announced its $2.2Bn takeover of MasterChef producer Endemol Shine Group, and the deal is still in a regulatory quagmire not helped by coronavirus. But there is now light at the end of the tunnel, with the European Commission setting a provisional date of June 30 to make a ruling. As regulatory hurdles go, this is the Super Bowl for all concerned in the takeover. Read more here.
2. Cannes Gets Cracking
Sales slated:...
Here are the six things we want you to know this week:
1. Scoop: D-Day For Endemol Shine Deal
One for the diary: It’s been eight months since Banijay Group announced its $2.2Bn takeover of MasterChef producer Endemol Shine Group, and the deal is still in a regulatory quagmire not helped by coronavirus. But there is now light at the end of the tunnel, with the European Commission setting a provisional date of June 30 to make a ruling. As regulatory hurdles go, this is the Super Bowl for all concerned in the takeover. Read more here.
2. Cannes Gets Cracking
Sales slated:...
- 6/12/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
‘Informer 3838.’
French-based entertainment giant Banijay’s takeover of the Endemol Shine Group (Esg) will create the world’s biggest independent production and distribution company with a catalogue of nearly 100,000 hours.
Esg’s owners The Walt Disney Company, which picked up its stake as part of its buy-out of 21st Century Fox assets last year, and Apollo Global Management have agreed to sell the firm for a reported $US2.2 billion.
Esg consists of 120 production companies with an estimated 66,000 hours of scripted and non-scripted programming and more than 4,300 registered formats including Black Mirror, Versailles, The Millennium Trilogy, Peaky Blinders, Temptation Island and The Island.
In Australia, the deal unites Banijay’s Screentime, the maker of the Nine Network’s upcoming crime drama Informer 3838 , Seven’s Sas: Who Dares Wins and 10’s Playing for Keeps, Trial By Kyle and Hughesy We Have a Problem, with Endemol Shine Australia, home to MasterChef Australia,...
French-based entertainment giant Banijay’s takeover of the Endemol Shine Group (Esg) will create the world’s biggest independent production and distribution company with a catalogue of nearly 100,000 hours.
Esg’s owners The Walt Disney Company, which picked up its stake as part of its buy-out of 21st Century Fox assets last year, and Apollo Global Management have agreed to sell the firm for a reported $US2.2 billion.
Esg consists of 120 production companies with an estimated 66,000 hours of scripted and non-scripted programming and more than 4,300 registered formats including Black Mirror, Versailles, The Millennium Trilogy, Peaky Blinders, Temptation Island and The Island.
In Australia, the deal unites Banijay’s Screentime, the maker of the Nine Network’s upcoming crime drama Informer 3838 , Seven’s Sas: Who Dares Wins and 10’s Playing for Keeps, Trial By Kyle and Hughesy We Have a Problem, with Endemol Shine Australia, home to MasterChef Australia,...
- 10/27/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Banijay Group, the French production group behind “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” and “Survivor,” announced its acquisition of Endemol Shine on Saturday, the company that produces “Black Mirror,” “Peaky Blinders” and “MasterChef.”
The deal is valued at $2.2 billion, a person with knowledge of the terms told TheWrap.
This acquisition was expected to come to fruition any day. Now official, Banijay and Endemol are only awaiting regulatory and customary approvals.
Also Read: Banijay Nears $2.2 Billion Takeover of Endemol Shine
“Endemol Shine brings an incredible array of industry-leading talent, globally-renowned brands and high-quality creative content,” Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti said in a statement. “Combining the resources of these two companies will instantly strengthen our position in the global market, and our capabilities across genres will further define us as a go-to provider of first class IP worldwide.”
The combination of France-based Banijay and Netherlands-based Endemol Shine will create a global powerhouse, with...
The deal is valued at $2.2 billion, a person with knowledge of the terms told TheWrap.
This acquisition was expected to come to fruition any day. Now official, Banijay and Endemol are only awaiting regulatory and customary approvals.
Also Read: Banijay Nears $2.2 Billion Takeover of Endemol Shine
“Endemol Shine brings an incredible array of industry-leading talent, globally-renowned brands and high-quality creative content,” Banijay CEO Marco Bassetti said in a statement. “Combining the resources of these two companies will instantly strengthen our position in the global market, and our capabilities across genres will further define us as a go-to provider of first class IP worldwide.”
The combination of France-based Banijay and Netherlands-based Endemol Shine will create a global powerhouse, with...
- 10/26/2019
- by Tony Maglio and Sean Burch
- The Wrap
France-based Banijay Group has sealed a $2.2 billion deal for Endemol Shine, in a move that will create a new pecking order in the international TV business.
The merged entity will be the largest non-u.S. player in the market, with a bigger catalogue than the main U.K. players, BBC Studios and ITV Studios. Banijay is owned by company chairman Stephane Courbit’s Lov Group and an arm of the Italian conglomerate De Agostini, and Vivendi.
The acquisition needs anti-trust approval. Banijay is understood to be confident the deal will get past regulators. The deal will be financed through a capital increase at Banijay Group and debt financing, including a full refinancing of Banijay and Endemol Shine’s existing debt, supported by Deutsche Bank, Natixis and Société Générale. Banijay’s and Endemol Shine’s respective debt was approximately $486 million ($539.5 million) and $1.83 billion ($2 billion) as of December 2018.
The combined group will...
The merged entity will be the largest non-u.S. player in the market, with a bigger catalogue than the main U.K. players, BBC Studios and ITV Studios. Banijay is owned by company chairman Stephane Courbit’s Lov Group and an arm of the Italian conglomerate De Agostini, and Vivendi.
The acquisition needs anti-trust approval. Banijay is understood to be confident the deal will get past regulators. The deal will be financed through a capital increase at Banijay Group and debt financing, including a full refinancing of Banijay and Endemol Shine’s existing debt, supported by Deutsche Bank, Natixis and Société Générale. Banijay’s and Endemol Shine’s respective debt was approximately $486 million ($539.5 million) and $1.83 billion ($2 billion) as of December 2018.
The combined group will...
- 10/26/2019
- by Stewart Clarke and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Banijay has agreed a €2Bn ($2.2Bn) takeover of Endemol Shine Group, marking the end of a protracted sales process for the giant production company behind shows including Black Mirror. It comes 18 months after Deadline broke the news that Endemol Shine was set to go on the block.
France-based Banijay emerged as the favorite to acquire Endemol Shine earlier this week and last night put to bed its deal with the company’s owners Disney and Apollo Global Management, subject to a six-month antitrust review. Financials were not disclosed but Deadline understands the deal is worth €2Bn.
Endemol Shine previously courted interest from the likes of All3Media and Fremantle as part of its sales process, which went up a gear over the summer when it conducted a beauty parade with interest from more than 10 prospective buyers, according to a source.
The agreement makes Banijay the biggest independent production company in the world,...
France-based Banijay emerged as the favorite to acquire Endemol Shine earlier this week and last night put to bed its deal with the company’s owners Disney and Apollo Global Management, subject to a six-month antitrust review. Financials were not disclosed but Deadline understands the deal is worth €2Bn.
Endemol Shine previously courted interest from the likes of All3Media and Fremantle as part of its sales process, which went up a gear over the summer when it conducted a beauty parade with interest from more than 10 prospective buyers, according to a source.
The agreement makes Banijay the biggest independent production company in the world,...
- 10/26/2019
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Cathy Payne.
Distribution veteran Cathy Payne is stepping down as CEO of Endemol Shine International in early 2020.
Payne, who was promoted to CEO in 2014 following the merger of Endemol Worldwide Distribution and Shine International, told staff she is looking forward to a new challenge.
A former CEO of Southern Star International, she informed Sophie Turner Laing, CEO of Endemol Shine Group, and Wim Ponnet, chief of strategy and commercial officer, of her plans to depart some months back. Transition and recruitment plans are currently underway.
Ponnet wrote in the email: “Joining with the acquisition of Southern Star in 2009, first with Endemol Distribution Worldwide, and then as CEO of Endemol Shine International, Cathy has rightfully earned her reputation as one of the most highly regarded, commercially astute executives in the business.
“Her dedication, tenacity and competitive nature is legendary and her legacy as an all-time Endemol Shine ‘great’ is assured.”
Laing...
Distribution veteran Cathy Payne is stepping down as CEO of Endemol Shine International in early 2020.
Payne, who was promoted to CEO in 2014 following the merger of Endemol Worldwide Distribution and Shine International, told staff she is looking forward to a new challenge.
A former CEO of Southern Star International, she informed Sophie Turner Laing, CEO of Endemol Shine Group, and Wim Ponnet, chief of strategy and commercial officer, of her plans to depart some months back. Transition and recruitment plans are currently underway.
Ponnet wrote in the email: “Joining with the acquisition of Southern Star in 2009, first with Endemol Distribution Worldwide, and then as CEO of Endemol Shine International, Cathy has rightfully earned her reputation as one of the most highly regarded, commercially astute executives in the business.
“Her dedication, tenacity and competitive nature is legendary and her legacy as an all-time Endemol Shine ‘great’ is assured.”
Laing...
- 10/10/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Cathy Payne is stepping down from her role as the boss of Endemol Shine International. Payne has been with the company, in its various guises, for almost 30 years. Staffers were told of her exit Thursday afternoon.
A source said that her departure, which will happen early in the new year, is not directly related to the on-and-off saga of the sale of Disney- and Apollo-owned Endemol Shine. A spokesman told Variety that the company will recruit a replacement.
Payne was head of Southern Star International, moving to Endemol when it acquired the business to run program sales. After the merger of Endemol with Shine she then took the reins of the combined Endemol Shine distribution business.
Payne told her team in a memo that she “knew that I wanted 2020 to bring a brand new challenge.” She added: “As a sales team and group of colleagues, there is no one to match you all.
A source said that her departure, which will happen early in the new year, is not directly related to the on-and-off saga of the sale of Disney- and Apollo-owned Endemol Shine. A spokesman told Variety that the company will recruit a replacement.
Payne was head of Southern Star International, moving to Endemol when it acquired the business to run program sales. After the merger of Endemol with Shine she then took the reins of the combined Endemol Shine distribution business.
Payne told her team in a memo that she “knew that I wanted 2020 to bring a brand new challenge.” She added: “As a sales team and group of colleagues, there is no one to match you all.
- 10/10/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Endemol Shine International chief Cathy Payne is to depart after nearly thirty years affiliated to the company.
Payne, who is Chief Executive of Endemol Shine International is set to depart in 2020. She told her team, who are preparing for Mipcom earlier today.
She has been in her current role since 2015 and was Chief Executive of Endemol Worldwide Distribution since June 2009. Before that she was Chief Executive of Southern Star International, before Endemol acquired it.
She said, “This has not been an easy decision, but I knew that I wanted 2020 to bring a brand new challenge. I would like to thank Sophie and Wim for being understanding of this when I let them know some months back. And my biggest thanks go to the team. As a Sales team, and Group of colleagues, there is no-one to match you all, my only focus however now is only Mipcom next week and...
Payne, who is Chief Executive of Endemol Shine International is set to depart in 2020. She told her team, who are preparing for Mipcom earlier today.
She has been in her current role since 2015 and was Chief Executive of Endemol Worldwide Distribution since June 2009. Before that she was Chief Executive of Southern Star International, before Endemol acquired it.
She said, “This has not been an easy decision, but I knew that I wanted 2020 to bring a brand new challenge. I would like to thank Sophie and Wim for being understanding of this when I let them know some months back. And my biggest thanks go to the team. As a Sales team, and Group of colleagues, there is no-one to match you all, my only focus however now is only Mipcom next week and...
- 10/10/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
U.K.-based film and TV firms still have a way to go to close the gender pay gaps in their ranks, the latest statistics show. Most companies have reported some progress in shrinking the disparity, but a handful saw the numbers heading in the wrong direction, with Viacom’s Channel 5 and Turner Broadcasting among the backsliders.
The BBC, Cineworld, ITV Studios, Sky, and Vue managed to keep the difference in average hourly pay for men and women down to single-digit percentages in 2018. At the British Film Institute, the gap was just 0.4% in favor of male employees, while TV production and distribution giant Endemol Shine and news network CNN, which reports separately from Turner, actually recorded higher pay for their female staff.
But all these companies were outliers. Overall, the numbers show that film and TV firms largely remain a long way from achieving earnings equality.
Under British law,...
The BBC, Cineworld, ITV Studios, Sky, and Vue managed to keep the difference in average hourly pay for men and women down to single-digit percentages in 2018. At the British Film Institute, the gap was just 0.4% in favor of male employees, while TV production and distribution giant Endemol Shine and news network CNN, which reports separately from Turner, actually recorded higher pay for their female staff.
But all these companies were outliers. Overall, the numbers show that film and TV firms largely remain a long way from achieving earnings equality.
Under British law,...
- 4/5/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Endemol Shine Group CEO Sophie Turner Laing, Greg Berlanti receive special awards.
British miniseries Man In An Orange Shirt, Spanish crime series La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) and Danish drama Herrens Veje (Ride Upon The Storm) were among the winners at the 46th International Emmy Awards ceremony held in New York on Monday evening (19).
Staged by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the evening saw Lars Mikkelsen taking the Best Performance by an Actor Emmy for his role Ride Upon The Storm and Anna Schudt accepting the Best Performance by an Actress Emmy for her performance in German...
British miniseries Man In An Orange Shirt, Spanish crime series La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) and Danish drama Herrens Veje (Ride Upon The Storm) were among the winners at the 46th International Emmy Awards ceremony held in New York on Monday evening (19).
Staged by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the evening saw Lars Mikkelsen taking the Best Performance by an Actor Emmy for his role Ride Upon The Storm and Anna Schudt accepting the Best Performance by an Actress Emmy for her performance in German...
- 11/20/2018
- by John Hazelton
- ScreenDaily
Netflix’s Money Heist and House of Cards star Lars Mikkelsen were among the winners at the International Emmys.
The 46th iteration of the event took place last night in New York and was hosted by comedian Hari Kondabolu.
Mikkelsen accepted the Emmy for Best Performance by an Actor for his role as priest Johannes in Ride Upon the Storm, while Netflix’s Spanish drama beat Amazon’s Indian cricket drama Inside Edge and Sky’s British pop culture plays Urban Myths to score Best Drama.
In addition to the awards, two special awards were presented by the International Academy; Fox Television Group Chairman and CEO Dana Walden presented the International Emmy Directorate Award to Sophie Turner Laing, Chief Executive Officer, Endemol Shine Group, and Blindspot star Sullivan Stapleton and producer Julie Plec presented the International Emmy Founders Award to writer, director and producer Greg Berlanti.
“For people who work in television across the globe,...
The 46th iteration of the event took place last night in New York and was hosted by comedian Hari Kondabolu.
Mikkelsen accepted the Emmy for Best Performance by an Actor for his role as priest Johannes in Ride Upon the Storm, while Netflix’s Spanish drama beat Amazon’s Indian cricket drama Inside Edge and Sky’s British pop culture plays Urban Myths to score Best Drama.
In addition to the awards, two special awards were presented by the International Academy; Fox Television Group Chairman and CEO Dana Walden presented the International Emmy Directorate Award to Sophie Turner Laing, Chief Executive Officer, Endemol Shine Group, and Blindspot star Sullivan Stapleton and producer Julie Plec presented the International Emmy Founders Award to writer, director and producer Greg Berlanti.
“For people who work in television across the globe,...
- 11/20/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
The winners of the 46th annual International Emmy Awards were announced this evening with Spain’s Money Heist (also known as La casa de papel) winning for Best Drama and Nevsu from Israel walking away with the trophy for Best Comedy.
Hosted by comedian and The Problem With Apu producer Hari Kondabolu at the New York Hilton, Fox Television Group Chairman and CEO, Dana Walden presented the International Emmy Directorate Award to Sophie Turner Laing, Chief Executive Officer, Endemol Shine Group. Blindspot star Sullivan Stapleton and Producer Julie Plec, presented the International Emmy Founders Award to CW Godfather Greg Berlanti.
Other winners from the evening included the U.K.’s Man in an Orange Shirt starring Vanessa Redgrave for Best Movie/Miniseries as well as Goodbye Aleppo for Best Documentary. Lars Mikkelsen won for Best Performance by an Actor for his role in Herrens Veje while Anna Schudt accepted the...
Hosted by comedian and The Problem With Apu producer Hari Kondabolu at the New York Hilton, Fox Television Group Chairman and CEO, Dana Walden presented the International Emmy Directorate Award to Sophie Turner Laing, Chief Executive Officer, Endemol Shine Group. Blindspot star Sullivan Stapleton and Producer Julie Plec, presented the International Emmy Founders Award to CW Godfather Greg Berlanti.
Other winners from the evening included the U.K.’s Man in an Orange Shirt starring Vanessa Redgrave for Best Movie/Miniseries as well as Goodbye Aleppo for Best Documentary. Lars Mikkelsen won for Best Performance by an Actor for his role in Herrens Veje while Anna Schudt accepted the...
- 11/20/2018
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
The U.K. production “Man in an Orange Shirt” won the International Emmy Award for best movie/miniseries at the 46th annual ceremony in New York. The top drama series award went to Spain’s “Money Heist.”
“Heist” was produced by Vancouver Media and Atresmedia Televisión. “Man in an Orange Shirt,” produced by the U.K.’s Kudos banner, starred Vanessa Redgrave and revolved around two gay love stories, one set in the present day, the other in the 1940s. The two-hour production aired on the BBC and PBS.
Hari Kondabolu, the comedian who is also known for the documentary “The Simpsons, the Problem with Apu,” hosted the annual ceremony. “There are no real losers here because you all made it through immigration,” Kondabolu said in opening the kudos at the Hilton New York.
The black tie affair honored prolific showrunner Greg Berlanti and Sophie Turner Laing, head of Endemol Shine Group...
“Heist” was produced by Vancouver Media and Atresmedia Televisión. “Man in an Orange Shirt,” produced by the U.K.’s Kudos banner, starred Vanessa Redgrave and revolved around two gay love stories, one set in the present day, the other in the 1940s. The two-hour production aired on the BBC and PBS.
Hari Kondabolu, the comedian who is also known for the documentary “The Simpsons, the Problem with Apu,” hosted the annual ceremony. “There are no real losers here because you all made it through immigration,” Kondabolu said in opening the kudos at the Hilton New York.
The black tie affair honored prolific showrunner Greg Berlanti and Sophie Turner Laing, head of Endemol Shine Group...
- 11/20/2018
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
The sale of Endemol Shine is off, Variety has learned. Senior staff members at the production and distribution giant were told this week that the company’s co-owners, 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management, have decided to suspend the process, a source with knowledge of the matter said Tuesday.
With the sale shelved, Fox’s 50% stake will be taken over by Disney as part of the Mouse’s purchase of various Fox entertainment assets. That deal is expected to close in the first half of 2019.
Endemol Shine, the maker of “Black Mirror” and “Big Brother,” was put on the block this summer, and shareholders hoped it would fetch upwards of $2 billion. (Its operating revenue in 2017 was about $2.1 billion.) But several big-name suitors ruled themselves out, including onetime favorite ITV and other potential acquirers such as Sony and Fremantle. French company Banijay Group had been in advanced talks to buy Endemol Shine in recent weeks,...
With the sale shelved, Fox’s 50% stake will be taken over by Disney as part of the Mouse’s purchase of various Fox entertainment assets. That deal is expected to close in the first half of 2019.
Endemol Shine, the maker of “Black Mirror” and “Big Brother,” was put on the block this summer, and shareholders hoped it would fetch upwards of $2 billion. (Its operating revenue in 2017 was about $2.1 billion.) But several big-name suitors ruled themselves out, including onetime favorite ITV and other potential acquirers such as Sony and Fremantle. French company Banijay Group had been in advanced talks to buy Endemol Shine in recent weeks,...
- 11/6/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
ITV said Wednesday that it would not make a bid for Endemol Shine. Britain’s biggest commercial broadcaster had been rumored to be a front-runner in the race to buy the production and distribution giant.
“In light of continued press speculation, ITV confirms that it has no current intention of making a bid for Endemol Shine Group,” it said in a brief statement issued to investors. ITV’s share price jumped 3.5% immediately after the statement was issued.
All3Media, Endeavor, Sony, and Lionsgate have all been floated as possible buyers of Endemol Shine, which backs production companies that make series including “Black Mirror” and unscripted shows such as “Big Brother” and “Masterchef.”
Fremantle and now ITV have officially ruled themselves out from making a move for the company. Contrary to various reports, ITV never actually lodged a bid for Endemol Shine. Although ITV has vacuumed up production companies around the...
“In light of continued press speculation, ITV confirms that it has no current intention of making a bid for Endemol Shine Group,” it said in a brief statement issued to investors. ITV’s share price jumped 3.5% immediately after the statement was issued.
All3Media, Endeavor, Sony, and Lionsgate have all been floated as possible buyers of Endemol Shine, which backs production companies that make series including “Black Mirror” and unscripted shows such as “Big Brother” and “Masterchef.”
Fremantle and now ITV have officially ruled themselves out from making a move for the company. Contrary to various reports, ITV never actually lodged a bid for Endemol Shine. Although ITV has vacuumed up production companies around the...
- 10/3/2018
- by Stewart Clarke and Henry Chu
- Variety Film + TV
The International Emmys are living up to their name, with a globe-spanning set of nominees announced Thursday for this year’s awards. Endemol Shine, HBO, Fox and Sony all scored noms, while Amazon and Netflix landed just one apiece, a modest showing given their recent run at awards shows and their increasing number of international originals.
In the best actor category, Julio Andrade is nominated for Fox Networks Latin American drama “One Against All,” Billy Campbell for Canadian-produced “Cardinal,” Lars Mikkelsen for Scandi series “Ride Upon the Storm,” and Tolga Saritas for Turkish series “Soz.” The best actress noms include Thuso Mbedu for South African series “Is’thunzi” and Emily Watson in U.K.-produced “Apple Tree Yard.”
Netflix’s single nomination comes in the best comedy category for its Mexican show “Club of Crows.” Amazon’s is in the drama category, for its Indian cricket-themed series “Inside Edge.” It...
In the best actor category, Julio Andrade is nominated for Fox Networks Latin American drama “One Against All,” Billy Campbell for Canadian-produced “Cardinal,” Lars Mikkelsen for Scandi series “Ride Upon the Storm,” and Tolga Saritas for Turkish series “Soz.” The best actress noms include Thuso Mbedu for South African series “Is’thunzi” and Emily Watson in U.K.-produced “Apple Tree Yard.”
Netflix’s single nomination comes in the best comedy category for its Mexican show “Club of Crows.” Amazon’s is in the drama category, for its Indian cricket-themed series “Inside Edge.” It...
- 9/27/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix Spanish-language drama La Casa de Papel (Money Heist) is going head-to-head with Amazon’s Indian cricket thriller Inside Edge for an International Emmy.
The two shows are among a number of Svod titles to score nominations for the awards, which take place in New York on November 19.
This year, some 44 shows across 11 categories and 20 countries have been nominated. Other titles include Netflix comedy Club de Cuervos and Thai entertainment format The Mask Singer, which is being remade in the U.S. by Fox.
In addition to the awards, the Academy is presenting special awards to The Flash and Blindspot producer Greg Berlanti and Sophie Turner Laing, CEO of Endemol Shine Group.
“Looking at the diversity & geographic spread of this year’s nominations across all continents and platforms,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, “it is clear that excellence in...
The two shows are among a number of Svod titles to score nominations for the awards, which take place in New York on November 19.
This year, some 44 shows across 11 categories and 20 countries have been nominated. Other titles include Netflix comedy Club de Cuervos and Thai entertainment format The Mask Singer, which is being remade in the U.S. by Fox.
In addition to the awards, the Academy is presenting special awards to The Flash and Blindspot producer Greg Berlanti and Sophie Turner Laing, CEO of Endemol Shine Group.
“Looking at the diversity & geographic spread of this year’s nominations across all continents and platforms,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, “it is clear that excellence in...
- 9/27/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Count Sony Pictures Entertainment and Lionsgate among the early suitors for Endemol Shine, the global production group that is home to such well-traveled series as “Big Brother,” “MasterChef” and “Black Mirror.”
Based in the Netherlands, Endemol Shine is jointly owned by 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management. Fox’s 50% share of the company had been slated to be part of the pending acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets by Disney. But Fox and Apollo last month retained Deutsche Bank and Aryeh Bourkoff’s Liontree to handle a sale. There have been rumblings for more than a year, prior to Disney’s courtship of Fox, that Fox and Apollo were prepping Endemol Shine for a sale.
Endemol Shine CEO Sophie Turner Laing and other execs have in recent weeks been on a roadshow pitching the company to prospective bidders in the U.K. and U.S. Interested parties have been...
Based in the Netherlands, Endemol Shine is jointly owned by 21st Century Fox and Apollo Global Management. Fox’s 50% share of the company had been slated to be part of the pending acquisition of 21st Century Fox assets by Disney. But Fox and Apollo last month retained Deutsche Bank and Aryeh Bourkoff’s Liontree to handle a sale. There have been rumblings for more than a year, prior to Disney’s courtship of Fox, that Fox and Apollo were prepping Endemol Shine for a sale.
Endemol Shine CEO Sophie Turner Laing and other execs have in recent weeks been on a roadshow pitching the company to prospective bidders in the U.K. and U.S. Interested parties have been...
- 7/6/2018
- by Cynthia Littleton
- Variety Film + TV
Sophie Turner Laing, boss of Endemol Shine Group, is to receive a special award at this year’s International Emmys. CEO Turner Laing is to receive the International Academy’s 2018 Directorate Emmy® Award at the event, which is held in New York on November 19. The award is to recognize her work overseeing Endemol Shine Group’s network of more than 120 production companies in 23 markets as well as her positions at Sky, BBC and Hit Entertainment. “Sophie Turner Laing’s career is exemplary in every respect. From co-founding Hit Entertainment in 1989, to leading roles at the BBC, Sky and now Endemol Shine, she has time and time again made her mark on our industry.,” said Bruce Paisner, President and CEO of the International Academy. “We are looking forward to recognizing her visionary leadership and unyielding passion for the world’s best production talent, at our Gala in November.”
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- 7/2/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Sophie Turner Laing, the CEO of Endemol Shine Group, will be honored with the International Academy’s 2018 Directorate Emmy Award. Turner Laing, a leading figure in the international TV business, has been in her current role since 2014 and oversaw the integration of Endemol and Shine, which created one of the biggest production and distribution groups in the world.
As CEO of Esg, Turner Laing oversees a network of 120 production companies in more than 20 territories. Previously, she held key roles at Europe’s biggest pay-tv business, Sky; at the commercial arm of the BBC; and at kids’ programming business Hit Entertainment.
“Sophie Turner Laing’s career is exemplary in every respect. From co-founding Hit Entertainment in 1989 to leading roles at the BBC, Sky and now Endemol Shine, she has time and time again made her mark on our industry,” said Bruce L. Paisner, president & CEO of the International Academy.
Turner Laing...
As CEO of Esg, Turner Laing oversees a network of 120 production companies in more than 20 territories. Previously, she held key roles at Europe’s biggest pay-tv business, Sky; at the commercial arm of the BBC; and at kids’ programming business Hit Entertainment.
“Sophie Turner Laing’s career is exemplary in every respect. From co-founding Hit Entertainment in 1989 to leading roles at the BBC, Sky and now Endemol Shine, she has time and time again made her mark on our industry,” said Bruce L. Paisner, president & CEO of the International Academy.
Turner Laing...
- 7/2/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
Lille, France — France’s Leonis and the U.K.’s Artists Studio, owned by Endemol Shine, are re-teaming with Virginie Brac, one of France’s most celebrated screenwriters, on the development of a new miniseries “Faceless,” described by Endemol Shine as “a smart, tense, disruptive thriller which dynamites Anglo-French entente cordiale.”
Leonis’ Jean-Benoît Gillig, Artists Studio’s Gub Neal and Justin Thomson at DoveTale, which will also develop “Faceless,” made the announcement at France’s Series Mania. The co-development deal follows on Leonis, Artists Studio and Brac’s first collaboration, “Insoupconnable,” a series which world premiered last weekend at Series Mania.
Described by Endemol Shine as a “provocative new show,” and scripted by Brac and Oliver Butcher, “Faceless” “blows open the cracks at the heart of the European project,” taking audiences on a “wild ride through the corridors of power on both sides of the Channel,” Endemol Shine continued. The...
Leonis’ Jean-Benoît Gillig, Artists Studio’s Gub Neal and Justin Thomson at DoveTale, which will also develop “Faceless,” made the announcement at France’s Series Mania. The co-development deal follows on Leonis, Artists Studio and Brac’s first collaboration, “Insoupconnable,” a series which world premiered last weekend at Series Mania.
Described by Endemol Shine as a “provocative new show,” and scripted by Brac and Oliver Butcher, “Faceless” “blows open the cracks at the heart of the European project,” taking audiences on a “wild ride through the corridors of power on both sides of the Channel,” Endemol Shine continued. The...
- 5/4/2018
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
EndemolShine CEO Sophie Turner Laing on Thursday said working with Svod ventures has created an existential crisis for the international group during her keynote at Series Mania in Lille, France.
“The Svod platforms are being very vocal recently about only wanting to take global rights, but for us that has a mixed message,” she said. “Do we become a very expensive work for hire, or do we piece together a couple of people who are interested partners and sell it country by country?"
The company has found new partners for its scripted formats with Svod businesses, partnering ...
“The Svod platforms are being very vocal recently about only wanting to take global rights, but for us that has a mixed message,” she said. “Do we become a very expensive work for hire, or do we piece together a couple of people who are interested partners and sell it country by country?"
The company has found new partners for its scripted formats with Svod businesses, partnering ...
TV festival Series Mania, staged in France, is assembling a heavyweight lineup of speakers including Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, Endemol Shine Group’s Sophie Turner Laing and TF1 Group’s Gilles Pelisson. Hastings will be the subject of a Q&A session. Other panelists are set to include BBC director of policy Claire Sumer and Antony Root, VP, programming and production, HBO Europe. French minister of culture Françoise Nyssen and European Commission VP Andrus Ansip will close discussions. The Lille-based event runs April 27 – May 5.
French sales outfit Playtime has picked up international sales rights to Vanessa Filho’s feature debut Angel Face, which will get its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. In what we hear is a special performance, Marion Cotillard plays a single mother who lives with her 8-year-old daughter in a small town in the south of France. One day, she suddenly chooses to abandon...
French sales outfit Playtime has picked up international sales rights to Vanessa Filho’s feature debut Angel Face, which will get its world premiere in Un Certain Regard at Cannes. In what we hear is a special performance, Marion Cotillard plays a single mother who lives with her 8-year-old daughter in a small town in the south of France. One day, she suddenly chooses to abandon...
- 4/18/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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