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UTA, Nick Emmerson Launch Unscripted Studio HAVE (EXCLUSIVE)
UTA, Nick Emmerson Launch Unscripted Studio HAVE (EXCLUSIVE) by: Hani Kamal El-Din United Talent Agency has partnered with longtime TV executive Nick Emmerson, investing in his newly launched unscripted studio, Headers and Volleys Entertainment, Variety has learned exclusively. UTA continues to rep Emmerson in the US. Based in Brighton and London, UK, HAVE will focus on creating and producing…
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Secuoya Studios Ramps Up New Projects in TV, Film, Unscripted
In a glittering event at Madrid’s Florida Park, Spain’s Secuoya Studios brought out its big guns, led by its president James Costos and Secuoya Content Group CEO Raúl Berdonés, to tout the fast-growing company’s slate, led by its 10-episode series “Zorro,” its most ambitious production. The series pilot will be unveiled at Mipcom, noted Berdonés, who added that the two-year-old…
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Sean Perry’s 2500 Media Signs Exclusive Unscripted Deal With Lionsgate
Lionsgate’s Pilgrim Media Group has signed an exclusive unscripted deal with Sean Perry’s recently launched 2500 Media production company. As part of the deal, 2500 Media will immediately plug into the worldwide development and production staff at Pilgrim and the agreement includes a first-look scripted component with Lionsgate Television “When I looked around at ways to super charge my new…
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Netflix Adds Japanese Unscripted TV Shows
Netflix is further expanding its slate of unscripted TV content from Japan, its most lucrative market in East Asia. The new shows cover the reality, variety and dating genres. “We’re excited to move into a new phase of our content strategy, ramping up our investments in unscripted and bringing new concepts to the screen. We want to elevate the unscripted…
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Tarak Ben Ammar Expands Into Unscripted Production in Italy
Franco-Tunisian film and TV entrepreneur Tarak Ben Ammar is expanding the scope of his Italian operations by buying local unscripted production outfit Blu Yazmine, while also entering talks to build a large studio complex in Rome. Though Ben Ammar’s ambition to build sprawling new filming facilities in the Italian capital are in advanced talks but not fully concrete, the purchase…
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Native American Unscripted Workshop Opens Call For Applications – Deadline
The Native American Media Alliance announced the call for applications for the 3rd Annual Native American Unscripted Workshop. This endeavor highlights Native American creators focused on nonfiction content. With support from Comcast NBCUniversal, A+E Networks, YAHOO and Spectrum, NAMA is introducing the Native American Unscripted Workshop for emerging and seasoned indigenous documentary filmmakers, journalists and those in the unscripted space…
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