Former ITV and Channel 5 bosses will examine the future funding model of the BBC.
The UK government has just set out the panel that will advise on the future of the license fee, which could be culled in 2027 after more than 100 years. The panel will assess the sustainability of the current model and examine alternative options for funding the national broadcaster, while exploring new ways for the broadcaster to increase commercial income and how it could transition to any potential new funding model.
Panelists include Sir Peter Bazalgatte, a storied former chair of ITV, and David Elstein, the former CEO of Channel 5.
Others include Amber de Botton, who worked at Sky News and then was ITV’s Head of UK News, and Lorna Tilbian, the Executive Chairman of investment and wealth management firm Dowgate Capital. Full list is below.
The panels will be chaired by Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer,...
The UK government has just set out the panel that will advise on the future of the license fee, which could be culled in 2027 after more than 100 years. The panel will assess the sustainability of the current model and examine alternative options for funding the national broadcaster, while exploring new ways for the broadcaster to increase commercial income and how it could transition to any potential new funding model.
Panelists include Sir Peter Bazalgatte, a storied former chair of ITV, and David Elstein, the former CEO of Channel 5.
Others include Amber de Botton, who worked at Sky News and then was ITV’s Head of UK News, and Lorna Tilbian, the Executive Chairman of investment and wealth management firm Dowgate Capital. Full list is below.
The panels will be chaired by Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer,...
- 3/21/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
A total of £77m is earmarked to grow the sector.
The British Film Institute (BFI) has received £1.7m from the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) to deliver the 2024 London Film Festival as part of a £77m package of government funding for the UK’s creative industries.
The BFI said the investment is “a huge vote of confidence in the festival and its impact across the UK and internationally. This funding allows our festival director Kristy Mathieson and her team to plan through the 2024 edition of the festival.”
According to the BFI, the government investment is part...
The British Film Institute (BFI) has received £1.7m from the UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport (Dcms) to deliver the 2024 London Film Festival as part of a £77m package of government funding for the UK’s creative industries.
The BFI said the investment is “a huge vote of confidence in the festival and its impact across the UK and internationally. This funding allows our festival director Kristy Mathieson and her team to plan through the 2024 edition of the festival.”
According to the BFI, the government investment is part...
- 6/14/2023
- by Tim Dams
- ScreenDaily
Only a handful of people are credited with changing the face of television. The mercurial Brit Charlie Parsons, creator of “Survivor,” is one of them.
As the reality behemoth celebrates its 25th anniversary, Parsons, who reinvented early morning TV in the U.K. by ditching the format’s staid conventions for the anarchic “The Big Breakfast,” reckons there are several reasons why “Survivor” has defied the odds and, well, survived for so long.
“Ordinary people’s stories are interesting. How they cope with the situations they find themselves in is interesting. Our big thing about ‘Survivor’ was that it was almost like a sport,” he says. “The show is extremely careful about its contestants, all of whom are heroes. It’s not exploitative and not watching and sneering.”
He adds that on this show, the cast aren’t looking to be famous but instead are “obsessed by the strategy and tactics in the game.
As the reality behemoth celebrates its 25th anniversary, Parsons, who reinvented early morning TV in the U.K. by ditching the format’s staid conventions for the anarchic “The Big Breakfast,” reckons there are several reasons why “Survivor” has defied the odds and, well, survived for so long.
“Ordinary people’s stories are interesting. How they cope with the situations they find themselves in is interesting. Our big thing about ‘Survivor’ was that it was almost like a sport,” he says. “The show is extremely careful about its contestants, all of whom are heroes. It’s not exploitative and not watching and sneering.”
He adds that on this show, the cast aren’t looking to be famous but instead are “obsessed by the strategy and tactics in the game.
- 10/14/2022
- by Emily Longeretta
- Variety Film + TV
Critical crew shortages caused by the ongoing U.K. production boom can be alleviated by an industry-led investment approach, a study published by the British Film Institute (BFI) recommends.
Film and high-end television production spend in the U.K. reached over 7.65 billion in 2021 and is forecast to hit 9.3 billion by 2025. A skills review commissioned by the U.K. Department of Digital, Media, Culture and Sport and executed by the BFI found that the boom is leading to increasing crew shortages at all levels, which are beginning to negatively impact the industry and contribute to highly stressed workplaces. The consequent production budget rises are affecting the independent sector most acutely, the review found.
U.K. production will require up to 20,770 additional full-time employees by 2025, needing an overall training investment of over £104 million (128 million) a year, a figure which is approximately 1.4 of the projected level of production spend that year.
To meet the eye-watering demand,...
Film and high-end television production spend in the U.K. reached over 7.65 billion in 2021 and is forecast to hit 9.3 billion by 2025. A skills review commissioned by the U.K. Department of Digital, Media, Culture and Sport and executed by the BFI found that the boom is leading to increasing crew shortages at all levels, which are beginning to negatively impact the industry and contribute to highly stressed workplaces. The consequent production budget rises are affecting the independent sector most acutely, the review found.
U.K. production will require up to 20,770 additional full-time employees by 2025, needing an overall training investment of over £104 million (128 million) a year, a figure which is approximately 1.4 of the projected level of production spend that year.
To meet the eye-watering demand,...
- 6/28/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The proposal has been backed by Bafta, BFI, Bectu and the Production Managers Association.
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
- 5/5/2022
- by Heather Fallon Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
The proposal has been backed by Bafta, BFI, Bectu and the Production Managers Association.
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
Barbara Broccoli, Rebecca Ferguson, Nadine Dorries, Heather Rabbatts, Caroline Norbury, Krishnendu Majumdar, Peter Bazalgette and Ade Rawcliffe are among the leading industry figures backing the creation of an Independent Standards Authority for the film and TV industry.
Time’s Up UK and Creative UK are consulting stakeholders about the nascent Independent Standards Authority (Isa), developed in collaboration with law firm Fieldfisher. The Isa will aim to respond to industry concerns including the protection of freelancers, self-employed workers and those on short-term and informal contracts.
Fieldfisher partner...
- 5/5/2022
- by Heather Fallon Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
ITV has appointed Andrew Cosslett as its new Chairman, succeeding Peter Bazalgette, who will step down after just over six years in the role and nine years on the board. The UK broadcaster said today that Cosslett will join the board as an independent Non-executive Director and Chair Designate from June 1 and will become Non-executive Chair from September 29 when Bazalgette exits.
Cosslett is also the Chair of international home improvement company Kingfisher Plc and is the former Chief Executive of InterContinental Hotels Group as well as former Chair of the Rugby Football Union, the sport’s governing body in England.
On the appointment, ITV Chief Executive Carolyn McCall said, “ITV is very grateful to Baz for the role he has played as our Chair as we have transformed the Company into the much stronger, more flexible and digitally scaled business it is today. He will be greatly missed by the entire business.
Cosslett is also the Chair of international home improvement company Kingfisher Plc and is the former Chief Executive of InterContinental Hotels Group as well as former Chair of the Rugby Football Union, the sport’s governing body in England.
On the appointment, ITV Chief Executive Carolyn McCall said, “ITV is very grateful to Baz for the role he has played as our Chair as we have transformed the Company into the much stronger, more flexible and digitally scaled business it is today. He will be greatly missed by the entire business.
- 3/10/2022
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
U.K. broadcaster ITV has appointed Andrew Cosslett as its new chair to succeed Peter Bazalgette, who will step down after six years in the role and nine years on the board.
Cosslett will join the board as an independent non-executive director and chair designate from June 1 and 1 will become non-executive chair from Sept. 29 when Bazalgette stands down.
Cosslett, who is also the chair of Kingfisher Plc, the Ftse 100 international home improvement company, is an experienced executive who has spent his career in a range of consumer facing sectors. He is the former chief executive of InterContinental Hotels Group and former Chair of the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby in England. He is a trustee at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.
Cosslett said: “I am delighted to be joining ITV. This is an exciting time for the media sector with viewing habits and the needs of advertisers evolving rapidly.
Cosslett will join the board as an independent non-executive director and chair designate from June 1 and 1 will become non-executive chair from Sept. 29 when Bazalgette stands down.
Cosslett, who is also the chair of Kingfisher Plc, the Ftse 100 international home improvement company, is an experienced executive who has spent his career in a range of consumer facing sectors. He is the former chief executive of InterContinental Hotels Group and former Chair of the Rugby Football Union, the governing body for rugby in England. He is a trustee at Shooting Star Children’s Hospices.
Cosslett said: “I am delighted to be joining ITV. This is an exciting time for the media sector with viewing habits and the needs of advertisers evolving rapidly.
- 3/10/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Serialized fiction app Radish says it has raised $63.2M in Series A funding led by SoftBank Ventures Asia and Korean firm Kakao Page Corp.
The company also announced a new office in Los Angeles amid plans to grow its local team, build new content and adapt its original IP into gaming and TV opportunities.
Radish, which has offices in Seoul, Korea, and New York, says it has seen significant revenue growth since its 2016 launch, and that it has produced more than 6,500 episodes across 30 original series. Genres currently available on the app include romance and paranormal/sci-fi, but growth is planned for the LGBTQ, young adult, horror, mystery and thriller categories.
All ‘Radish Originals’ are produced in TV-style writers’ rooms. Among the veteran soap writers creating content are Marlene McPherson, Janet Iacobuzio, Addie Walsh, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante, whose credits include Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, All My Children,...
The company also announced a new office in Los Angeles amid plans to grow its local team, build new content and adapt its original IP into gaming and TV opportunities.
Radish, which has offices in Seoul, Korea, and New York, says it has seen significant revenue growth since its 2016 launch, and that it has produced more than 6,500 episodes across 30 original series. Genres currently available on the app include romance and paranormal/sci-fi, but growth is planned for the LGBTQ, young adult, horror, mystery and thriller categories.
All ‘Radish Originals’ are produced in TV-style writers’ rooms. Among the veteran soap writers creating content are Marlene McPherson, Janet Iacobuzio, Addie Walsh, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante, whose credits include Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, All My Children,...
- 8/4/2020
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV has revealed that 38 of its in-house productions have restarted in recent weeks amid the easing of UK coronavirus lockdown restrictions, but CEO Carolyn McCall said drama will be the last genre to get back up to speed.
Giving evidence to the Parliamentary Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday, McCall said ITV Studios and its owned companies, such as Bodyguard producer World Productions, “haven’t quite found a way” to get back into drama production because of social distancing rules.
She said ITV currently has 1,500 workers on furlough, 500 of whom are freelancers. She added that the aim is to “bring as many people back from furlough as we possibly can,” but restarting shoots will be critical to this mission.
“We are not producing drama at the moment and the reason we can’t produce drama is we haven’t quite found a way yet,” McCall explained. “We announced...
Giving evidence to the Parliamentary Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday, McCall said ITV Studios and its owned companies, such as Bodyguard producer World Productions, “haven’t quite found a way” to get back into drama production because of social distancing rules.
She said ITV currently has 1,500 workers on furlough, 500 of whom are freelancers. She added that the aim is to “bring as many people back from furlough as we possibly can,” but restarting shoots will be critical to this mission.
“We are not producing drama at the moment and the reason we can’t produce drama is we haven’t quite found a way yet,” McCall explained. “We announced...
- 7/14/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
“This is very welcome news for our independent cinemas.”
Figures from the UK creative sector have reacted with cautious optimism to the £1.57bn rescue package for the arts announced by culture secretary Oliver Dowden yesterday (July 7).
Independent cinemas, alongside theatres, galleries, museums and music venues, will be able to access emergency grants and loans.
The package includes £1.15bn (£270m in loans and £880m in grants) for cultural organisations in England, plus £97m for Scotland, £59m for Wales and £33m for Northern Ireland.
The British Film Institute (BFI) will be among the bodies working with the government to make decisions on the awards,...
Figures from the UK creative sector have reacted with cautious optimism to the £1.57bn rescue package for the arts announced by culture secretary Oliver Dowden yesterday (July 7).
Independent cinemas, alongside theatres, galleries, museums and music venues, will be able to access emergency grants and loans.
The package includes £1.15bn (£270m in loans and £880m in grants) for cultural organisations in England, plus £97m for Scotland, £59m for Wales and £33m for Northern Ireland.
The British Film Institute (BFI) will be among the bodies working with the government to make decisions on the awards,...
- 7/6/2020
- by 1101184¦Orlando Parfitt¦38¦
- ScreenDaily
The British Film Institute’s Young Audiences Content Fund has revealed a selection of the titles on its debut slate of projects backed in the previous twelve months. They include Shudder Film’s scripted comedy from Gavin Williams and Jack Tarling, Synch Estate, and Danny Perkins’ Elysian Film Group’s teen drama Future Hot. In total, the fund has backed the development of 63 projects to date, after receiving 181 applications. The committed spend stands at £1,719,620 ($2.2M). The initiative is backing TV projects aimed at three age categories: 0-5, 6-12, and 13-18. The BFI noted that the fund continues to operate during the current pandemic.
Gunpowder & Sky’s Ott sci-fi brand Dust is expanding its scope in a deal with Channel 4’s on-demand service All 4. The service programs sci-fi short films featuring high-profile talent, including Jonah starring Daniel Kaluuya, The Candidate featuring Meghan Markle, Zero starring Bella Ramsey, Orbit Ever After starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster,...
Gunpowder & Sky’s Ott sci-fi brand Dust is expanding its scope in a deal with Channel 4’s on-demand service All 4. The service programs sci-fi short films featuring high-profile talent, including Jonah starring Daniel Kaluuya, The Candidate featuring Meghan Markle, Zero starring Bella Ramsey, Orbit Ever After starring Thomas Brodie-Sangster,...
- 5/1/2020
- by Tom Grater
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV’s board and senior management have announced that they intend to take a 20% pay cut and forgo their 2020 bonuses as the coronavirus crisis rocks the global entertainment industry.
In a statement to investors, ITV said top executives including CEO Carolyn McCall, chairman Peter Bazalgette and CFO Chris Kennedy asked to have their salary reduced for the duration of the government-imposed lockdown. Non-executive directors will also take a 20% pay cut.
ITV added that if the lockdown continues beyond June 30, the remuneration committee will review the matter again. “ITV’s priority is to protect its people, while striving to ensure that it continues to keep viewers informed and entertained through delivering the...
In a statement to investors, ITV said top executives including CEO Carolyn McCall, chairman Peter Bazalgette and CFO Chris Kennedy asked to have their salary reduced for the duration of the government-imposed lockdown. Non-executive directors will also take a 20% pay cut.
ITV added that if the lockdown continues beyond June 30, the remuneration committee will review the matter again. “ITV’s priority is to protect its people, while striving to ensure that it continues to keep viewers informed and entertained through delivering the...
- 4/3/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
U.K. broadcaster ITV has cut the pay of its executive directors and management board by 20% and scrapped their annual bonuses in light of the coronavirus crisis.
In a statement, ITV said the cuts had been approved by its renumeration committee and were made at the request of its executive directors. These include chief executive Carolyn McCall and group CFO Chris Kennedy.
The cost saving move comes after ITV announced on 23 March a number of measures to reduce its costs and manage its cashflow in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, including shelving dividend payouts to shareholders.
Today, ITV said the annual bonus for the executive directors and management board has been canceled and there will be no cash bonus payable to relating to the company’s performance in 2020.
The voluntary 20% reduction in base salary will last for the duration of the current government-imposed lockdown. In the event that the lockdown...
In a statement, ITV said the cuts had been approved by its renumeration committee and were made at the request of its executive directors. These include chief executive Carolyn McCall and group CFO Chris Kennedy.
The cost saving move comes after ITV announced on 23 March a number of measures to reduce its costs and manage its cashflow in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, including shelving dividend payouts to shareholders.
Today, ITV said the annual bonus for the executive directors and management board has been canceled and there will be no cash bonus payable to relating to the company’s performance in 2020.
The voluntary 20% reduction in base salary will last for the duration of the current government-imposed lockdown. In the event that the lockdown...
- 4/3/2020
- by Tim Dams
- Variety Film + TV
Jeremy Wright also lauds the SVoDs’ “substantial impact” on the UK production sector.
The UK culture secretary Jeremy Wright has lauded the SVoDs’ “substantial impact” on the UK production sector, while hinting they should face the same close scrutiny as PSBs (public service broadcasters).
Speaking at the Deloitte Media Conference in London on Thursday (March 8), Wright pointed to Netflix’s 40 UK productions last year, alongside investments in local talent and production initiatives.
Netflix recently revealed it was forging a range of training initiatives to build the UK’s production community as part of a plan to double down on UK...
The UK culture secretary Jeremy Wright has lauded the SVoDs’ “substantial impact” on the UK production sector, while hinting they should face the same close scrutiny as PSBs (public service broadcasters).
Speaking at the Deloitte Media Conference in London on Thursday (March 8), Wright pointed to Netflix’s 40 UK productions last year, alongside investments in local talent and production initiatives.
Netflix recently revealed it was forging a range of training initiatives to build the UK’s production community as part of a plan to double down on UK...
- 3/8/2019
- by Max Goldbart Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
Jeremy Wright also lauds the SVoDs’ “substantial impact” on the UK production sector.
Culture secretary Jeremy Wright has lauded the SVoDs’ “substantial impact” on the UK production sector, whilst hinting that should face the same close scrutiny as PSBs (public service broadcasters).
Speaking at the Deloitte Media Conference, Wright pointed to Netflix’s 40 UK productions last year, alongside investments in local talent and production initiatives.
The West Coast giant recently revealed it was forging a range of training initiatives to build the UK’s production community as part of a plan to double down on British originations in 2019.
For hit comedy/drama Sex Education,...
Culture secretary Jeremy Wright has lauded the SVoDs’ “substantial impact” on the UK production sector, whilst hinting that should face the same close scrutiny as PSBs (public service broadcasters).
Speaking at the Deloitte Media Conference, Wright pointed to Netflix’s 40 UK productions last year, alongside investments in local talent and production initiatives.
The West Coast giant recently revealed it was forging a range of training initiatives to build the UK’s production community as part of a plan to double down on British originations in 2019.
For hit comedy/drama Sex Education,...
- 3/8/2019
- by Max Goldbart Broadcast
- ScreenDaily
ITV has named Chris Kennedy its new CFO and he will join the U.K. broadcaster in Feb. 2019. The company was left searching for a new finance chief after Ian Griffiths said he was leaving. He exits in March 2019.
His replacement joins from U.K.-based software business Microfocus. His previous experience includes Easyjet, the budget airline that ITV CEO Carolyn McCall ran before joining the TV business.
“I am really pleased to be working with Chris again as CFO,” McCall said. “He will play a huge role in helping us deliver our new More Than TV strategy and I know he will work really well with the senior leadership team of ITV.”
Kennedy was also CFO at technology business Arm Holdings during its £24 billion ($32 billion) sale to Softbank. In media and entertainment he served a long stint at music business Emi.
“Chris was the standout candidate in a very...
His replacement joins from U.K.-based software business Microfocus. His previous experience includes Easyjet, the budget airline that ITV CEO Carolyn McCall ran before joining the TV business.
“I am really pleased to be working with Chris again as CFO,” McCall said. “He will play a huge role in helping us deliver our new More Than TV strategy and I know he will work really well with the senior leadership team of ITV.”
Kennedy was also CFO at technology business Arm Holdings during its £24 billion ($32 billion) sale to Softbank. In media and entertainment he served a long stint at music business Emi.
“Chris was the standout candidate in a very...
- 11/5/2018
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
ITV has found its new money man: the British commercial broadcaster has hired former Emi and Easyjet exec Chris Kennedy as Chief Finance Officer. This comes after Ian Griffiths, who has been with the company for ten years, revealed earlier this summer that he would be stepping down.
Kennedy is set to join ITV on February 1 2019; he joins from Microfocus International, the software business that merged with Hewlett Packard. However, more pertinently, he worked with current ITV CEO Carolyn McCall during a five year stint at airline Easyjet between 2010 and 2015.
He previously spent 17 years at record label Emi in a variety of roles, mainly in the financial sector, but also including supply chain, sales, business development and general management. His last role was Chief Investment Officer reporting to the CEO and Terra Firma, which controversially took over the company, and included investment and content licensing deals including those with new digital players.
Kennedy is set to join ITV on February 1 2019; he joins from Microfocus International, the software business that merged with Hewlett Packard. However, more pertinently, he worked with current ITV CEO Carolyn McCall during a five year stint at airline Easyjet between 2010 and 2015.
He previously spent 17 years at record label Emi in a variety of roles, mainly in the financial sector, but also including supply chain, sales, business development and general management. His last role was Chief Investment Officer reporting to the CEO and Terra Firma, which controversially took over the company, and included investment and content licensing deals including those with new digital players.
- 11/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
ScreenSkills chair says there is “no silver bullet” but the industry must “play its part”.
UK training body Creative Skillset is rebranding as ScreenSkills as it looks to more clearly reflect the work it does across the country’s wide-reaching screen industries, including film, television, animation, VFX and games.
Accompanying the organisation’s new identity is new initiative Giving Back, which will aim to increase the UK’s skilled workforce to meet the booming production demand. Through the initiative, it is calling for greater contribution from the industry to skills training.
This will include urging productions to pay into the...
UK training body Creative Skillset is rebranding as ScreenSkills as it looks to more clearly reflect the work it does across the country’s wide-reaching screen industries, including film, television, animation, VFX and games.
Accompanying the organisation’s new identity is new initiative Giving Back, which will aim to increase the UK’s skilled workforce to meet the booming production demand. Through the initiative, it is calling for greater contribution from the industry to skills training.
This will include urging productions to pay into the...
- 10/4/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
ITV Chief Executive Carolyn McCall was always going to face the elephant in the room over its interest in Endemol Shine during the Royal Television Society’s London conference. Especially as she was being interviewed on stage by former Esg President Tim Hincks.
However, unsurprisingly McCall avoided revealing all when asked for details about the British commercial broadcaster’s move to pay somewhere between $2B-$3B for the MasterChef and Black Mirror producer.
“That’s speculation and we never comment on that,” she said. “The most important thing for us is that we can organically grow Studios and whatever we looked at from now on would have to be financially disciplined.
“We’re incredibly disciplined about any acquisition we make, small or large.”
It emerged over the weekend that ITV had officially entered the bidding process – six months after Deadline first revealed interest.
Later in the day, Endemol Shine Chief...
However, unsurprisingly McCall avoided revealing all when asked for details about the British commercial broadcaster’s move to pay somewhere between $2B-$3B for the MasterChef and Black Mirror producer.
“That’s speculation and we never comment on that,” she said. “The most important thing for us is that we can organically grow Studios and whatever we looked at from now on would have to be financially disciplined.
“We’re incredibly disciplined about any acquisition we make, small or large.”
It emerged over the weekend that ITV had officially entered the bidding process – six months after Deadline first revealed interest.
Later in the day, Endemol Shine Chief...
- 9/18/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Entertainment One chief Darren Throop has stated that his company looking to be a “consolidator” rather than be consolidated.
Throop, speaking at the Royal Television Society London conference, said that “scale matters” when it comes to the next stage of growth in the entertainment business.
“Having that backdrop of support is very important.” But he added, “We have been fortunate enough to be a size and scale that we have a balance sheet that [allows us] to take the risks that we have to take as a company going forward. We’d rather be a consolidator than be consolidated.”
This comes eight months after the Peppa Pig owner and The Walking Dead distributor bought the remaining stake in Designated Survivor producer The Mark Gordon Company. In January, it paid $209M for the 49% of the company that it did not own, having paid $133M for a 51% in 2015.
In April, eOne bought a 70% stake...
Throop, speaking at the Royal Television Society London conference, said that “scale matters” when it comes to the next stage of growth in the entertainment business.
“Having that backdrop of support is very important.” But he added, “We have been fortunate enough to be a size and scale that we have a balance sheet that [allows us] to take the risks that we have to take as a company going forward. We’d rather be a consolidator than be consolidated.”
This comes eight months after the Peppa Pig owner and The Walking Dead distributor bought the remaining stake in Designated Survivor producer The Mark Gordon Company. In January, it paid $209M for the 49% of the company that it did not own, having paid $133M for a 51% in 2015.
In April, eOne bought a 70% stake...
- 9/18/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV has officially made a bid for Black Mirror and Big Brother producer Endemol Shine — six months after Deadline first revealed interest.
British newspaper The Sunday Times, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, sibling to Endemol Shine co-owner 21st Century Fox, reports that the British commercial broadcaster has officially entered the bidding process as sale talks heat up.
In July, ITV CEO Carolyn McCall told Deadline that it would look at acquisitions but it would be “very disciplined” about purchases – Endemol Shine has been valued at between $2B and $3B. McCall told Deadline, “We’ve had a very effective strategy of diversifying away from advertising, not because we don’t like it, but because it’s a cyclical business. We have made a lot of acquisitions and have doubled the size of the [ITV Studios] business in the last five years. We are going to continue to...
British newspaper The Sunday Times, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, sibling to Endemol Shine co-owner 21st Century Fox, reports that the British commercial broadcaster has officially entered the bidding process as sale talks heat up.
In July, ITV CEO Carolyn McCall told Deadline that it would look at acquisitions but it would be “very disciplined” about purchases – Endemol Shine has been valued at between $2B and $3B. McCall told Deadline, “We’ve had a very effective strategy of diversifying away from advertising, not because we don’t like it, but because it’s a cyclical business. We have made a lot of acquisitions and have doubled the size of the [ITV Studios] business in the last five years. We are going to continue to...
- 9/16/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
ITV will continue to eye acquisitions in the production space with CEO Carolyn McCall telling Deadline that it will be “very disciplined” about future purchases. However, the company has ruled out “significant” acquisitions in the scripted space in the U.S.
McCall’s comments come as the battle to buy Endemol Shine heats up with multiple bidders understood to be eyeing the Big Brother and Black Mirror producer.
McCall told Deadline, “We’ve had a very effective strategy of diversifying away from advertising, not because we don’t like it, but because it’s a cyclical business. We have made a lot of acquisitions and have doubled the size of the [ITV Studios] business in the last five years. We are going to continue to grow organically and that we will look at M&A, although we don’t comment on specific opportunities. We will look at M&A in a...
McCall’s comments come as the battle to buy Endemol Shine heats up with multiple bidders understood to be eyeing the Big Brother and Black Mirror producer.
McCall told Deadline, “We’ve had a very effective strategy of diversifying away from advertising, not because we don’t like it, but because it’s a cyclical business. We have made a lot of acquisitions and have doubled the size of the [ITV Studios] business in the last five years. We are going to continue to grow organically and that we will look at M&A, although we don’t comment on specific opportunities. We will look at M&A in a...
- 7/25/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Endemol Shine is dancing towards a new future with a coterie of former top lieutenants potentially leading the waltz.
The superindie is up for sale, a process that could see a romantic recoupling with the likes of founder John De Mol and ex-creative chief Peter Bazalgette, who is now Chairman of UK’s ITV, or international bosses such as Marco Bassetti and Stéphane Courbit, who now run France’s Banijay.
Deadline, which revealed the news that the Big Brother and Black Mirror producer was on block with suitors including ITV in April, has spoken to a raft of senior figures in the global television business to analyse which companies are most likely to takeover and what the company’s future would like look, if as expected, a sale is triggered.
Earlier this month, Endemol Shine owners Apollo Global and 21st Century Fox hired Deutsche Bank and Liontree to advise on a deal,...
The superindie is up for sale, a process that could see a romantic recoupling with the likes of founder John De Mol and ex-creative chief Peter Bazalgette, who is now Chairman of UK’s ITV, or international bosses such as Marco Bassetti and Stéphane Courbit, who now run France’s Banijay.
Deadline, which revealed the news that the Big Brother and Black Mirror producer was on block with suitors including ITV in April, has spoken to a raft of senior figures in the global television business to analyse which companies are most likely to takeover and what the company’s future would like look, if as expected, a sale is triggered.
Earlier this month, Endemol Shine owners Apollo Global and 21st Century Fox hired Deutsche Bank and Liontree to advise on a deal,...
- 7/19/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
U.K. commercial broadcaster ITV announced Wednesday that Ian Griffiths, its chief operating officer and group finance director, is to retire in the next year. He will continue with his existing responsibilities until a successor has been appointed, ITV said.
The outgoing executive joined ITV in September 1998 as finance director and added the CFO role to his portfolio in April 2017. He was part of the team, under previous CEO Adam Crozier, that implemented a major turnaround and diversification plan at Britain’s largest ad-supported broadcaster, which also has a significant U.S. and international business.
Peter Bazalgette, chairman of ITV, said Griffiths had been “a key part of the management team that transformed ITV’s performance.” The strategy that Griffiths helped put in place had “created a strong platform for our future success and delivered real value for shareholders,” he added.
Carolyn McCall, ITV’s chief executive, said Griffiths would...
The outgoing executive joined ITV in September 1998 as finance director and added the CFO role to his portfolio in April 2017. He was part of the team, under previous CEO Adam Crozier, that implemented a major turnaround and diversification plan at Britain’s largest ad-supported broadcaster, which also has a significant U.S. and international business.
Peter Bazalgette, chairman of ITV, said Griffiths had been “a key part of the management team that transformed ITV’s performance.” The strategy that Griffiths helped put in place had “created a strong platform for our future success and delivered real value for shareholders,” he added.
Carolyn McCall, ITV’s chief executive, said Griffiths would...
- 6/27/2018
- by Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Maverick, lo-fi, outsider producers Pinball Films and director Ashley Horner (pictured above) have been nominated as one of Creative England’s 50 most exciting creative companies in the country right now.
CE50, a showcase of the best up and coming, innovative and disruptive companies across film, games and digital tech sees Industry leaders come together on Thursday 24th May at Facebook HQ, London to drive a creative revolution and shape the future.
From the punk-fuelled hybrid documentary The Hippies: Punk rocked my Cradle currently shooting, to the gorgeously erotic feature BrilliantLove, Pinball Films have forged a reputation as the bravest and most daring makers of British cinema for a decade, colluding with the twisted talents of Matt Hulse, Sean Conway, Martin Radich and NY’s finest Rona Mark.
Next up for Horner is Bear, a supernatural Nordic horror that’s written by BNerdly’s very own Stuart Wright and is to...
CE50, a showcase of the best up and coming, innovative and disruptive companies across film, games and digital tech sees Industry leaders come together on Thursday 24th May at Facebook HQ, London to drive a creative revolution and shape the future.
From the punk-fuelled hybrid documentary The Hippies: Punk rocked my Cradle currently shooting, to the gorgeously erotic feature BrilliantLove, Pinball Films have forged a reputation as the bravest and most daring makers of British cinema for a decade, colluding with the twisted talents of Matt Hulse, Sean Conway, Martin Radich and NY’s finest Rona Mark.
Next up for Horner is Bear, a supernatural Nordic horror that’s written by BNerdly’s very own Stuart Wright and is to...
- 5/24/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Funding gap could potentially emerge post-Brexit in March 2019
A BFI report, Mapping Study of EU Funding of the UK Screen Sectors, reveals 1,766 UK screen sector projects benefited from EU money over the last decade.
Of the nearly £300m received in total, £154.3m went directly to UK-based organisations, £92.4m to projects in which the UK was involved, and £51.8m given to European distributors to release UK films.
Creative Europe’s cultural funding programme (known as Media 2007-2013, before dividing into two programmes, the Media programme and the Culture programme, under the banner Creative Europe after that date) granted the largest amount,...
A BFI report, Mapping Study of EU Funding of the UK Screen Sectors, reveals 1,766 UK screen sector projects benefited from EU money over the last decade.
Of the nearly £300m received in total, £154.3m went directly to UK-based organisations, £92.4m to projects in which the UK was involved, and £51.8m given to European distributors to release UK films.
Creative Europe’s cultural funding programme (known as Media 2007-2013, before dividing into two programmes, the Media programme and the Culture programme, under the banner Creative Europe after that date) granted the largest amount,...
- 3/27/2018
- by Tom Grater
- ScreenDaily
"It is a really delightful show. I think it hits the mood of the times. It is romantic, positive, upbeat." Peter Bazalgette, executive chairman of ITV, couldn't stop gushing about the British TV giant's latest hit show on the company's quarterly earnings conference call at the end of July.
No, he wasn't talking about royal drama Victoria or talent show Britain's Got Talent on flagship channel ITV1. And no, he wasn't announcing a return of drama favorite Downton Abbey.
He was talking about ITV2 reality show Love Island, which had just finished its third season amid ...
No, he wasn't talking about royal drama Victoria or talent show Britain's Got Talent on flagship channel ITV1. And no, he wasn't announcing a return of drama favorite Downton Abbey.
He was talking about ITV2 reality show Love Island, which had just finished its third season amid ...
- 8/11/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
ITV Chief Executive, Adam Crozier, who led a turnaround at the broadcaster, is stepping down from his role and from the company’s board after seven years. Ian Griffiths will step into the newly-created combined position of Chief Operating Officer and Group Finance Director, and will lead the executive team for an interim period. ITV Chairman, Peter Bazalgette, will take on the role of Executive Chairman during that time. ITV says it has a “well developed succession plan”…...
- 5/3/2017
- Deadline TV
Radish, a mobile app that enables writers to monetize their short-form, serialized fiction works through micropayments, announced today a $3 million seed round. Leading the investment were Greylock, Lowercase Capital, Softbank's Next Media Innovation Fund, UTA, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, and Sherpa Capital.
Radish also received funding from author Amy Tan, ITV chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette, former Microsoft exec Charlie Songhurst, and others. Larry Kirshbaum, a former top Amazon and Time Warner Book Group exec, will serve as a senior adviser to Radish, and Tinder’s VP of product, Ankur Jain, will join its board.
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Radish also received funding from author Amy Tan, ITV chairman Sir Peter Bazalgette, former Microsoft exec Charlie Songhurst, and others. Larry Kirshbaum, a former top Amazon and Time Warner Book Group exec, will serve as a senior adviser to Radish, and Tinder’s VP of product, Ankur Jain, will join its board.
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- 1/31/2017
- by Geoff Weiss
- Tubefilter.com
The Culture White Paper is the first of its kind to be launched in 50 years, said the Government; £40m Discover England fund to launch this year.
The UK Government has launched a Culture White Paper – the first of its kind for 50 years – to outline its strategy for improving diversity and access in the cultural sector.
Launching the paper yesterday, culture minister Ed Vaizey said that the Government “wants to look at how we can take the arts forward”.
“At the moment we live in a society where the arts are far more pervasive than they were 50 years ago…but there’s still a lot more we can do.
“This paper is a real opportunity to set an agenda for the next ten years to put our arts and heritage at the centre of our thinking,” he added.
The paper broadly addresses four themes: access, diversity, export of Britain’s arts and heritage, and the financial...
The UK Government has launched a Culture White Paper – the first of its kind for 50 years – to outline its strategy for improving diversity and access in the cultural sector.
Launching the paper yesterday, culture minister Ed Vaizey said that the Government “wants to look at how we can take the arts forward”.
“At the moment we live in a society where the arts are far more pervasive than they were 50 years ago…but there’s still a lot more we can do.
“This paper is a real opportunity to set an agenda for the next ten years to put our arts and heritage at the centre of our thinking,” he added.
The paper broadly addresses four themes: access, diversity, export of Britain’s arts and heritage, and the financial...
- 3/24/2016
- ScreenDaily
Sir Peter Bazalgette will replace Archie Norman as ITV non-executive chairman effective May 12, 2016. Norman is set to step down at the company’s annual general meeting after more than six years in the role. Bazalgette has been a non-executive director of ITV since June 2013, is chair of Arts Council England until January 2017 and is currently president of the Royal Television Society. He was previously chairman of Endemol UK. Below are all the requisite quotes. Also Read: Orly Adelson Steps Down as ITV Studios America Chief “We went through an extensive and rigorous process to ensure that we found the best possible candidate.
- 2/16/2016
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Peter Bazalgette has been a non-executive director of ITV, the UK’s leading commercial broadcaster, since 2013 and will become non-executive chairman starting in May. He succeeds Archie Norman, who will step down at the 2016 Annual General Meeting after more than six years in the role. ITV has undergone a series of executive shifts in its top ranks over the past several months. Director of Television Peter Fincham announced his departure in January, followed by the…...
- 2/16/2016
- Deadline TV
Patrick Spence, executive producer of smash hit Fortitude is the latest speaker to join the impressive line-up at the Creative Summit 2015.
The Creative Summit will take place on 2 June at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London part of Creative Week.
The Creative Summit will examine how creativity has the power to build prolific brands and world class businesses. The summit sees industry visionaries discuss the impact creativity has on translating big ideas into legendary content, cultures and businesses.
Renowned innovators including Jonathan Sehring, producer of the multi award-winning film Boyhood, Sir Peter Bazalgette, chairman of the Arts Council England and Sir John Hegarty, founder and creative director of Bbh will discuss topics including how creativity is key to building great brands and businesses, investment in London’s Soho and why risk taking is still necessary to create truly innovative content.
Joining them at the summit are executive producer of The X Factor, Mark Sidaway and Strictly Come Dancing director [link=nm...
The Creative Summit will take place on 2 June at BAFTA, 195 Piccadilly, London part of Creative Week.
The Creative Summit will examine how creativity has the power to build prolific brands and world class businesses. The summit sees industry visionaries discuss the impact creativity has on translating big ideas into legendary content, cultures and businesses.
Renowned innovators including Jonathan Sehring, producer of the multi award-winning film Boyhood, Sir Peter Bazalgette, chairman of the Arts Council England and Sir John Hegarty, founder and creative director of Bbh will discuss topics including how creativity is key to building great brands and businesses, investment in London’s Soho and why risk taking is still necessary to create truly innovative content.
Joining them at the summit are executive producer of The X Factor, Mark Sidaway and Strictly Come Dancing director [link=nm...
- 5/27/2015
- ScreenDaily
Sir Peter Bazalgette is to deliver a keynote address exploring ways in which a newly elected government should support the UK creative industries as part of Screen Internationals’ annual Creative Week event (June 1-3, 2015).
The Arts Council chairman and former chairman of Endemol UK will open the Creative Summit on June 2 by discussing the policy decisions which he believes will need to be taken in order for the UK to remain an international creative leader.
Coming just weeks after the general election, Bazalgette’s keynote will assess what needs to happen for the UK creative sector to have a long term sustainable “industrial policy” that will ensure it remains a global leader.
Bazalgette is the latest high profile speaker to be added to a Creative Week programme that features the UK’s major media brands and creative leaders across a three-day event.
Earlier this week it was revealed that IFC president and Boyhood producer Jonathan Sehring discuss...
The Arts Council chairman and former chairman of Endemol UK will open the Creative Summit on June 2 by discussing the policy decisions which he believes will need to be taken in order for the UK to remain an international creative leader.
Coming just weeks after the general election, Bazalgette’s keynote will assess what needs to happen for the UK creative sector to have a long term sustainable “industrial policy” that will ensure it remains a global leader.
Bazalgette is the latest high profile speaker to be added to a Creative Week programme that features the UK’s major media brands and creative leaders across a three-day event.
Earlier this week it was revealed that IFC president and Boyhood producer Jonathan Sehring discuss...
- 4/24/2015
- ScreenDaily
Martin Scorsese’s documentary about The New York Review of Books to receive its world premiere at this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest.
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 7-12) has unveiled this year’s line up and has secured the world premiere of A 50 Year Argument, the feature co-directed by Scorsese and David Tedeschi that charts how The New York Review of Books has reflected Us culture since its launch in 1963.
The festival will include 21 world premieres, 12 European premieres, eight international premieres and 24 UK premieres.
As previously announced, music doc Pulp: A Film About Life Death and Supermarkets will open the festival on June 7.
There will be focuses on South Africa, art, sex, cycling and interactive.
World premieres will include Alex Holmes’ Stop At Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story; The Last Man On The Moon, which tells the story of former astronaut Captain Eugene Cernan, who will attend the festival; One Rogue Reporter, written and directed...
Sheffield Doc/Fest (June 7-12) has unveiled this year’s line up and has secured the world premiere of A 50 Year Argument, the feature co-directed by Scorsese and David Tedeschi that charts how The New York Review of Books has reflected Us culture since its launch in 1963.
The festival will include 21 world premieres, 12 European premieres, eight international premieres and 24 UK premieres.
As previously announced, music doc Pulp: A Film About Life Death and Supermarkets will open the festival on June 7.
There will be focuses on South Africa, art, sex, cycling and interactive.
World premieres will include Alex Holmes’ Stop At Nothing: The Lance Armstrong Story; The Last Man On The Moon, which tells the story of former astronaut Captain Eugene Cernan, who will attend the festival; One Rogue Reporter, written and directed...
- 5/8/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
✒ Last week's farewell party, or in effect funeral service, for the Press Complaints Commission offered a sad contrast with the Pcc in its pomp. Lord Hunt, one of several sometime chairmen and directors attending, wandered around with a tray of canapes as if looking for a new, humbler role. Solemn speeches were ill-advisedly backdropped by a slideshow rich in Pcc party snaps, including one of a former bigwig playing Santa Claus. All a far cry from the body's glitzy apotheosis, its 10th birthday party in 2001, when guests swigged champagne amidst display cases of jewellery at Somerset House and mingled with Prince Charles, Camilla, Prince An drew, Prince William and, for some reason, Donatella Versace. Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be regulating was very heaven.
✒It dragged on far into the night. Several of the participants rambled on embarrassingly or said stupid things. Almost everyone was drunk or acted drunk.
✒It dragged on far into the night. Several of the participants rambled on embarrassingly or said stupid things. Almost everyone was drunk or acted drunk.
- 3/24/2014
- by Monkey
- The Guardian - Film News
Bernardo Bertolucci, Jeanette Winterson and Paul Weller also among 75 public figures revealing favourite works
BBC Radio 4 is lining up 75 leading public figures, including film director Bernardo Bertolucci, singer Paul Weller and novelist Jeanette Winterson, to reveal their most treasured cultural influences for what the station claims will be one of the most comprehensive arts events broadcast.
The network has already confirmed 30 names for the project, Cultural Exchange, which will see individuals selecting a single item to talk about, with the choices ranging from the King James Bible to an obscure 1960s album.
It will feature every weekday on Front Row until the end of July.
Artist Tracey Emin will launch the series on 22 April with her insights into a Vermeer painting – Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid. She describes Vermeer as "one of the first feminists", pointing to the unusual and fascinating way he depicted women. "He showed that...
BBC Radio 4 is lining up 75 leading public figures, including film director Bernardo Bertolucci, singer Paul Weller and novelist Jeanette Winterson, to reveal their most treasured cultural influences for what the station claims will be one of the most comprehensive arts events broadcast.
The network has already confirmed 30 names for the project, Cultural Exchange, which will see individuals selecting a single item to talk about, with the choices ranging from the King James Bible to an obscure 1960s album.
It will feature every weekday on Front Row until the end of July.
Artist Tracey Emin will launch the series on 22 April with her insights into a Vermeer painting – Lady Writing a Letter with her Maid. She describes Vermeer as "one of the first feminists", pointing to the unusual and fascinating way he depicted women. "He showed that...
- 4/17/2013
- by Ben Dowell
- The Guardian - Film News
For the past four months, online platform The Space has hosted the best events in Britain. As it is granted a longer life, Maggie Brown asks: is this the future of arts broadcasting?
When The Space launched, somewhat gingerly, in May this year, it was intended as a six-month pilot. Over the summer, Arts Council England's free digital platform, run with the BBC, has carried film and other content tied to events around the UK – providing a record of the Cultural Olympiad for people unable to attend. The Lottery provided £3.7m. In June, the then culture secretary Jeremy Hunt praised the site, urging arts organisations to follow its lead, and floating the idea of "a permanent digital channel with live broadcasts every night". Now Hunt's wish has been granted: this week, the arts council announces that The Space, due to close at the end of the month, has been granted an extension.
When The Space launched, somewhat gingerly, in May this year, it was intended as a six-month pilot. Over the summer, Arts Council England's free digital platform, run with the BBC, has carried film and other content tied to events around the UK – providing a record of the Cultural Olympiad for people unable to attend. The Lottery provided £3.7m. In June, the then culture secretary Jeremy Hunt praised the site, urging arts organisations to follow its lead, and floating the idea of "a permanent digital channel with live broadcasts every night". Now Hunt's wish has been granted: this week, the arts council announces that The Space, due to close at the end of the month, has been granted an extension.
- 10/9/2012
- by Maggie Brown
- The Guardian - Film News
What has the Leveson inquiry revealed about Jeremy Hunt's taste in art? Did he get to Take That? And how big an N-Dubz fan is he?
On Monday, culture secretary Jeremy Hunt tweeted "With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come (Gratiano, Merchant of Venice)", a celebratory quote for Shakespeare's birthday. On Tuesday, "Is this a dagger which I see before me?" might have seemed more appropriate.
Perhaps surprisingly, only two of the emails released by the Leveson inquiry this week indicated that Hunt had an interest in the arts beyond the Murdochs' BSkyB takeover bid. One, from News Corp's public affairs executive Frédéric Michel to James Murdoch, reported grabbing the culture secretary "before he went in to see Swan Lake" to discuss the bid. In another, sent later that year, Michel plaintively asked Hunt's special adviser Adam Smith whether Ed Vaizey's refusal to meet News Corp while the...
On Monday, culture secretary Jeremy Hunt tweeted "With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come (Gratiano, Merchant of Venice)", a celebratory quote for Shakespeare's birthday. On Tuesday, "Is this a dagger which I see before me?" might have seemed more appropriate.
Perhaps surprisingly, only two of the emails released by the Leveson inquiry this week indicated that Hunt had an interest in the arts beyond the Murdochs' BSkyB takeover bid. One, from News Corp's public affairs executive Frédéric Michel to James Murdoch, reported grabbing the culture secretary "before he went in to see Swan Lake" to discuss the bid. In another, sent later that year, Michel plaintively asked Hunt's special adviser Adam Smith whether Ed Vaizey's refusal to meet News Corp while the...
- 4/26/2012
- by Alex Needham
- The Guardian - Film News
BAFTA Fellowship: Few Women, Few Outside UK/Hollywood, Steven Spielberg Before Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder [Photo: Laurence Olivier] 1971 Alfred Hitchcock 1972 Freddie Young 1973 Grace Wyndham Goldie 1974 David Lean 1975 Jacques Cousteau 1976 Charles Chaplin, Laurence Olivier 1977 Denis Forman 1978 Fred Zinnemann 1979 Lew Grade, Huw Wheldon 1980 David Attenborough, John Huston 1981 Abel Gance, Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger 1982 Andrzej Wajda 1983 Richard Attenborough 1984 Hugh Greene, Sam Spiegel 1985 Jeremy Isaacs 1986 Steven Spielberg 1987 Federico Fellini 1988 Ingmar Bergman 1989 Alec Guinness 1990 Paul Fox 1991 Louis Malle 1992 John Gielgud, David Plowright 1993 Sydney Samuelson, Colin Young 1994 Michael Grade 1995 Billy Wilder 1996 Jeanne Moreau, Ronald Neame, John Schlesinger, Maggie Smith 1997 Woody Allen, Steven Bochco, Julie Christie, Oswald Morris, Harold Pinter, David Rose 1998 Sean Connery, Bill Cotton 1999 Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise, Elizabeth Taylor 2000 Michael Caine, Stanley Kubrick, Peter Bazalgette 2001 Albert Finney, John Thaw, Judi Dench 2002 Warren Beatty, Merchant Ivory Productions (James Ivory, Ismail Merchant) 2002 Andrew Davies, John Mills 2003 Saul Zaentz, David Jason 2004 John Boorman, Roger Graef 2005 John Barry, David Frost 2006 David Puttnam,...
- 1/4/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Oscar-nominated actress Helena Bonham Carter has been awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire medal (Cbe) in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's Honours list.
The Brit, who portrayed the Queen's mother in The King's Speech, has been recognised for her career achievements and will be presented with the accolade during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London next year.
TV mogul Peter Bazalgette, the producer credited with turning reality show Big Brother into an international phenomenon, is to receive a knighthood, while author Penelope Lively, who won the Booker Prize for 1987's Moon Tiger, will be made a Dame, according to Reuters.
Veteran British comedian Ronnie Corbett will be feted with a Cbe, while golfers Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke are to pick up Member of the British Empire (MBE) and Officer of the British Empire (OBE), respectively.
The annual New Year's Honours list acknowledges the public service of British and Commonwealth citizens in a variety of fields including entertainment, industry and government.
The Brit, who portrayed the Queen's mother in The King's Speech, has been recognised for her career achievements and will be presented with the accolade during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London next year.
TV mogul Peter Bazalgette, the producer credited with turning reality show Big Brother into an international phenomenon, is to receive a knighthood, while author Penelope Lively, who won the Booker Prize for 1987's Moon Tiger, will be made a Dame, according to Reuters.
Veteran British comedian Ronnie Corbett will be feted with a Cbe, while golfers Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke are to pick up Member of the British Empire (MBE) and Officer of the British Empire (OBE), respectively.
The annual New Year's Honours list acknowledges the public service of British and Commonwealth citizens in a variety of fields including entertainment, industry and government.
- 1/2/2012
- WENN
London – Helena Bonham Carter is among the high-profile names from the entertainment world to garner a plaudit in the Queen’s New Year Honors list, published Dec. 31. Bonham Carter, who portrayed Queen Elizabeth in The King’s Speech, has been made a Cbe in the list. Also honored with a Cbe is comedian Ronnie Corbett and the Australian born entertainer and writer Clive James. Television presenter Lorraine Kelly and Sky News war reporter Alex Crawford, both working on the small screen in very different circumstances, are made OBEs. Peter Bazalgette, the veteran television executive who brought Big Brother to
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- 12/31/2011
- by Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Those honoured in arts include 'the finest living English poet', novelists, actors and the man behind the Big Brother format
The arts awards in the honours list have a distinctly literary feel, with the poet Geoffrey Hill, elected last year as Oxford's professor of poetry – a post uniquely voted for by the university's alumni, given a knighthood, the novelist Penelope Lively made a dame, and the novelist Rachel Billington and the writer Clive James awarded CBEs.
Hill, 79, who had an academic career, has been described as the finest living English poet. He previously said: "Difficult poetry is the most democratic because you are doing your audience the honour of supposing they are intelligent human beings. So much of the popular poetry of today treats people as if they were fools."
Should he and Peter Bazalgette, the independent TV producer credited with popularising the Big Brother reality show format, be knighted...
The arts awards in the honours list have a distinctly literary feel, with the poet Geoffrey Hill, elected last year as Oxford's professor of poetry – a post uniquely voted for by the university's alumni, given a knighthood, the novelist Penelope Lively made a dame, and the novelist Rachel Billington and the writer Clive James awarded CBEs.
Hill, 79, who had an academic career, has been described as the finest living English poet. He previously said: "Difficult poetry is the most democratic because you are doing your audience the honour of supposing they are intelligent human beings. So much of the popular poetry of today treats people as if they were fools."
Should he and Peter Bazalgette, the independent TV producer credited with popularising the Big Brother reality show format, be knighted...
- 12/31/2011
- by Stephen Bates
- The Guardian - Film News
Oscar-nominated actress Helena Bonham Carter has been awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire medal (Cbe) in Queen Elizabeth II's New Year's Honours list.
The Brit, who portrayed the Queen's mother in The King's Speech, has been recognised for her career achievements and will be presented with the accolade during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London next year.
TV mogul Peter Bazalgette, the producer credited with turning reality show Big Brother into an international phenomenon, is to receive a knighthood, while author Penelope Lively, who won the Booker Prize for 1987's Moon Tiger, will be made a Dame, according to Reuters.
Veteran British comedian Ronnie Corbett will be feted with a Cbe, while golfers Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke are to pick up Member of the British Empire (MBE) and Officer of the British Empire (OBE), respectively.
The annual New Year's Honours list acknowledges the public service of British and Commonwealth citizens in a variety of fields including entertainment, industry and government.
The Brit, who portrayed the Queen's mother in The King's Speech, has been recognised for her career achievements and will be presented with the accolade during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London next year.
TV mogul Peter Bazalgette, the producer credited with turning reality show Big Brother into an international phenomenon, is to receive a knighthood, while author Penelope Lively, who won the Booker Prize for 1987's Moon Tiger, will be made a Dame, according to Reuters.
Veteran British comedian Ronnie Corbett will be feted with a Cbe, while golfers Rory McIlroy and Darren Clarke are to pick up Member of the British Empire (MBE) and Officer of the British Empire (OBE), respectively.
The annual New Year's Honours list acknowledges the public service of British and Commonwealth citizens in a variety of fields including entertainment, industry and government.
- 12/31/2011
- WENN
London -- Former ITV director of channels Simon Shaps is to succeed film producer Michael Kuhn as chairman of the board of the National Film and Television School, it was announced Monday.
Shaps will take over from Dec. 8 as part of a double appointment that sees Stephen Louis, media financier and founder of Enable Partners, replace "Big Brother" producer Peter Bazalgette as deputy chairman.
The government-funded Nfts, which counts "Wallace and Gromit" director Nick Park and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" director David Yates, among its alumni, is the leading film and television training school in the U.K., offering full and part-time training in such areas as animation, direction, post-production and cinematography.
Based in Beaconsfield in South West England, the school has upped its student intake by a third under Kuhn and Bazalgette's stewardship.
Shaps said his focus would be to maintain the school's standards of...
Shaps will take over from Dec. 8 as part of a double appointment that sees Stephen Louis, media financier and founder of Enable Partners, replace "Big Brother" producer Peter Bazalgette as deputy chairman.
The government-funded Nfts, which counts "Wallace and Gromit" director Nick Park and "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" director David Yates, among its alumni, is the leading film and television training school in the U.K., offering full and part-time training in such areas as animation, direction, post-production and cinematography.
Based in Beaconsfield in South West England, the school has upped its student intake by a third under Kuhn and Bazalgette's stewardship.
Shaps said his focus would be to maintain the school's standards of...
- 12/7/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- Sony Pictures Television -- fresh from announcing a planned merger of its U.S. and international divisions -- has appointed Peter Bazalgette nonexecutive chairman for its U.K. production business.
Bazalgette, the former Endemol chief creative officer and current adviser to Sony Music's TV division, will advise the newly combined production businesses of Spt and 2waytraffic on growth and strategy, the company said Thursday.
Spt's production business in the U.K. was responsible for such shows as "Hex," the recent co-production of "Demons" for ITV and the multiplatform show "Sofia's Diary," while 2waytraffic's best known format is "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
Spt president international production Kees Abrahams said that Bazalgette's appointment is "a key first step towards building a creative powerhouse in the U.K. that will be driven by a talented and an ambitious new team."
Spt announced this week that it will bring...
Bazalgette, the former Endemol chief creative officer and current adviser to Sony Music's TV division, will advise the newly combined production businesses of Spt and 2waytraffic on growth and strategy, the company said Thursday.
Spt's production business in the U.K. was responsible for such shows as "Hex," the recent co-production of "Demons" for ITV and the multiplatform show "Sofia's Diary," while 2waytraffic's best known format is "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."
Spt president international production Kees Abrahams said that Bazalgette's appointment is "a key first step towards building a creative powerhouse in the U.K. that will be driven by a talented and an ambitious new team."
Spt announced this week that it will bring...
- 3/26/2009
- by By Mimi Turner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
London -- The Onion News Network will be available to online viewers across the U.K., Europe and Asia following an exclusive deal Wednesday with digital distributor MyVideoRights.com.
The service is kicking off with the run-up to the Nov. 4 election, with the deal partly fueled by what the partners call "the unprecedented interest that the U.K. and Europe have shown in the U.S. presidential election to date."
The Onion News Network, launched in March 2007 as an offshoot of satirical newspaper the Onion, produces footage of current events, both real and imagined, and broadcasts 24/7. It parodies news networks such as CNN and ABC, with much of its humor stemming from interviews and news footage of current events.
Launched by Ashley Mackenzie and Richard Mansell, MyVideoRights.com is backed by Peter Bazalgette, Rupert Dilnott-Cooper and Kelvin Mackenzie.
MyVideoRights.com features only rights-cleared content and allows entertainment producers a way...
The service is kicking off with the run-up to the Nov. 4 election, with the deal partly fueled by what the partners call "the unprecedented interest that the U.K. and Europe have shown in the U.S. presidential election to date."
The Onion News Network, launched in March 2007 as an offshoot of satirical newspaper the Onion, produces footage of current events, both real and imagined, and broadcasts 24/7. It parodies news networks such as CNN and ABC, with much of its humor stemming from interviews and news footage of current events.
Launched by Ashley Mackenzie and Richard Mansell, MyVideoRights.com is backed by Peter Bazalgette, Rupert Dilnott-Cooper and Kelvin Mackenzie.
MyVideoRights.com features only rights-cleared content and allows entertainment producers a way...
- 10/22/2008
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- Lifestyle television king Peter Bazalgette, one of the U.K.'s most flamboyant television showmen, is stepping down as Endemol's chief creative officer and will not be replaced.
The move, announced Thursday by Endemol, comes as part of a wide-scale executive shake-up of the "Big Brother" creator, which was acquired for €2.6 billion ($3.7 billion) in the summer from Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica by a consortium that includes Mediaset, Goldman Sachs and Endemol co-founder John De Mol.
Effective Jan. 1, Endemol's management board will be run by CEO Aat Schouwenaar, COO Marco Bassetti and CFO Jan Peter Kerstens.
Another senior management change will see Michiel Buitelaar take up the post of senior executive director of digital media and new business, replacing William Linders, who steps down at the end of the year. Buitelaar will be in charge of Endemol's group digital efforts, having previously held posts at cellular phone operators T-Mobile and Orange.
Bazalgette, who was responsible for a slew of lifestyle entertainment shows including "Changing Rooms" and "Ready Steady Cook" in the '90s and launched the U.K.
The move, announced Thursday by Endemol, comes as part of a wide-scale executive shake-up of the "Big Brother" creator, which was acquired for €2.6 billion ($3.7 billion) in the summer from Spanish telecoms giant Telefonica by a consortium that includes Mediaset, Goldman Sachs and Endemol co-founder John De Mol.
Effective Jan. 1, Endemol's management board will be run by CEO Aat Schouwenaar, COO Marco Bassetti and CFO Jan Peter Kerstens.
Another senior management change will see Michiel Buitelaar take up the post of senior executive director of digital media and new business, replacing William Linders, who steps down at the end of the year. Buitelaar will be in charge of Endemol's group digital efforts, having previously held posts at cellular phone operators T-Mobile and Orange.
Bazalgette, who was responsible for a slew of lifestyle entertainment shows including "Changing Rooms" and "Ready Steady Cook" in the '90s and launched the U.K.
- 9/28/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
LONDON -- The British Academy of Film and Television Arts will present writer Richard Curtis with the Academy Fellowship, its highest accolade, at its annual awards ceremony this Sunday.
The writer behind such hugely successful British films as "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Notting Hill" and "Love Actually" will be presented the award by Stephen Fry in recognition for "an outstanding body of work," the Academy said.
Well known internationally for some of the most successful U.K. boxoffice hits, Curtis' television work includes the hugely successful BBC1 comedy "The Vicar of Dibley" as well as "Blackadder" and the triple Emmy award-winning drama "Girl in the Cafe".
Previous BAFTA fellows include Ken Loach, David Frost, Albert Finney, David Jason, John Thaw, Judi Dench, Peter Bazalgette and Steven Spielberg.
"Richard Curtis is a hero for many people in the U.K. television and film sectors," said Peter Salmon, BAFTA television committee chair and BBC creative head. "He combines humanity and hard work, humor and imagination to create some of the best loved brands and programs of modern times."
The award also recognizes Curtis' role in the "Comic Relief" and "Make Poverty History" campaigns, Salmon said.
The writer behind such hugely successful British films as "Four Weddings and a Funeral", "Notting Hill" and "Love Actually" will be presented the award by Stephen Fry in recognition for "an outstanding body of work," the Academy said.
Well known internationally for some of the most successful U.K. boxoffice hits, Curtis' television work includes the hugely successful BBC1 comedy "The Vicar of Dibley" as well as "Blackadder" and the triple Emmy award-winning drama "Girl in the Cafe".
Previous BAFTA fellows include Ken Loach, David Frost, Albert Finney, David Jason, John Thaw, Judi Dench, Peter Bazalgette and Steven Spielberg.
"Richard Curtis is a hero for many people in the U.K. television and film sectors," said Peter Salmon, BAFTA television committee chair and BBC creative head. "He combines humanity and hard work, humor and imagination to create some of the best loved brands and programs of modern times."
The award also recognizes Curtis' role in the "Comic Relief" and "Make Poverty History" campaigns, Salmon said.
- 5/19/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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