Moritz Polter, the award-winning Executive Producer behind the internationally acclaimed German-originated series Das Boot for Sky (third season currently in post-production), Freud for Netflix/ORF and Arctic Circle for ZDF/Elisa Viihde/YLE is to join ITV Studios, establishing a new high-end scripted label which will be launched later in 2021. Moritz has been named among Variety’s Top 10 Global Creatives to Watch and has shepherded many series to become critically acclaimed, award-winning works … [Read more...] about Moritz Polter to launch new premium, international scripted label within ITV Studios
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Eccho Rights expands global footprint with London office
International distributor and rights management company Eccho Rights is establishing a London office, recruiting three UK-based senior executives to lead the next step in the company’s global expansion. Adam Barth will be Eccho’s new Director of Development and Co-productions, working with UK producers and broadcasters to broaden the Sweden-based distributor’s English language slate. Adam will be tasked with finding new projects, and creative talent for Eccho’s ever-growing development roster, … [Read more...] about Eccho Rights expands global footprint with London office
ITV commissions crime thriller ‘The Tower’ produced by Windhover Films and Mammoth Screen
Acclaimed screenwriter and executive producer, Patrick Harbinson (Homeland, Fearless, 24, ER) is to adapt Kate London’s first novel for ITV. The Tower is based on Post Mortem, the first in Kate London’s Metropolitan series of novels featuring Sergeant Sarah Collins and rookie Lizzie Griffiths. Harbinson will executive produce alongside Mammoth Screen’s founder and CEO Damien Timmer (The Serpent, Endeavour) and Karen Thrussell (Poldark, And Then There Were None). The Tower has been commissioned … [Read more...] about ITV commissions crime thriller ‘The Tower’ produced by Windhover Films and Mammoth Screen
ITV Studios and Nippon TV announce the new global format ‘Stacking It!’
ITV Studios and Nippon TV announced Stacking It! a brand-new global format created through the co-development deal agreed between the two companies last year. Announced to buyers by Mike Beale, MD Global Creative Network at ITV Studios, and Tom Miyauchi, Format Producer of International Business Development at Nippon TV, during ITV Studios’ London Screenings Formats Festival session, Stacking It! is a large-scale family entertainment game show with prizes galore, but contestants will only be … [Read more...] about ITV Studios and Nippon TV announce the new global format ‘Stacking It!’
Filming of Hot and Drama Team’s 10-part thriller ‘Jerusalem’ begins
Jerusalem, the new hyper-realistic thriller from Drama Team for HOT, in association with ITV Studios, has begun filming in Jerusalem’s Old City. Jerusalem is a human story of conflicting beliefs, power struggles, love, and crime, all in one of the most iconic and historically rich cities in the world, where different faiths and communities simultaneously interact and conflict with each other. Created by David Ackerman (Blank Bullet), and inspired by work in his previous national security … [Read more...] about Filming of Hot and Drama Team’s 10-part thriller ‘Jerusalem’ begins
ATF Online+ caps off its first week with fresh insights for 2021
The 21st Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF), Asia's leading entertainment content and conference capped off the first week of its digital edition ATF Online+, with 2,320 unique attendees from 60 countries and regions as of 4 December 2020. The platform is available on-demand until 28 February 2021. ATF Online+ kicked off with an Opening Ceremony at the new state-of-the-art Hybrid Broadcast Studio located in Marina Bay Sands, Singapore on 1 December 2020. Mr. S Iswaran, Minister for … [Read more...] about ATF Online+ caps off its first week with fresh insights for 2021
