John Elmes
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Tim Davie: Gary Lineker to abide by editorial guidelines
Director general defends BBC action as "proportionate" and refutes accusations of lack of impartiality → Read More
VIS UK factual lead sets up with Objective Media Group
Oliver Wright and All3Media outfit set up unscripted label → Read More
Gary Lineker: Tim Davie has “almost impossible job”
Match of the Day presenter lends support to director general, vows to continue to "fight the good fight together" → Read More
Gary Lineker MOTD fallout: what we know so far
Alex Scott pulls out from hosting Football Focus, Jason Mohammad does same for Final Score → Read More
Netflix nabs global rights to Pulse Films’ Lewis Capaldi doc
Feature-length single is directed by Bafta-winning Joe Pearlman → Read More
Shaftesbury adds ex-Catalyst Global Media development chief
Canadian outfit appoints former BBC script editor Chris Farrer to bolster its international co-pros → Read More
Hollywood heavyweights help History mark 250 years of the USA
Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman and Dan Aykroyd front docs heading up a slate that also includes Lifetime and A&E orders → Read More
Workerbee lands Janet Jackson follow-up doc
Banijay UK label reteaming with global icon for doc marking her 50 years in music → Read More
Netflix and BBC alum Chris Sussman scores Banijay UK scripted deal
Veteran commissioner will work across super-indie's scripted labels to devise original programming → Read More
ABC readies Motherland US
Paul Feig-backed remake, revealed by Broadcast in 2021, switches from Hulu to linear channel → Read More
Reed Hastings: Netflix is EU’s ‘biggest builder of cross-European culture’
Founder and executive chairman talks up streamers' soft power in Europe in driving interest in other countries' programming → Read More
London TV Screenings reaches “critical mass”
Distributors prep for event to become mainstay of calendar; buyers acknowledge unscripted competition and need for non-studio-based shows → Read More
Avalon hires former Sony exec to head US scripted production team
Avalon hires former Sony exec to head US scripted production team By John Elmes2023-03-03T10:38:00 Jenelle Lindsay takes up senior LA-based role → Read More
Avalon plucks ex-Sony exec to head TV operations
Jenelle Lindsay takes up LA-based role at Starstruck and Breeders indie → Read More
Maverick and BBC vet John Hesling heads to Fox Alternative Entertainment
Exec to oversee all unscripted programming at Fox in-house studio → Read More
FAST: fifth of £2.5bn UK online ad-supported video market by 2027
Revenues projected to quadruple to £422m according to Blue Ant International research → Read More
John Landgraf and Simran Sethi handed expanded Disney roles
FX chief to oversee Nat Geo and Onyx Collective while ABC Entertainment boss adds Freeform responsibilities → Read More
Arlo music drama in works with Sky
Artist and actor developed scripted series with Lionsgate TV and Eleven Film → Read More
Vice sets new leadership
Strategy boss Hozefa Lokhandwala and finance chief Bruce Dixon appointed co-chief execs after Nancy Dubuc exit → Read More
Icon Films to close after 33 years
Bristol-based true factual specialist created high-profile franchises including River Monsters, Savage Kingdom and Primal Survivor → Read More