Sam Barcroft News Today

Indielab has announced a cohort of 15 independent TV production companies that will participate in its TV Accelerator program this year. The selected participants come from across the UK, and were ...

The 2021 iteration of the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers conference kicked off on Tuesday morning (Nov. 30), and a panel on the first day took stock of ...

Social media publisher Ladbible Group named Alex Morris director of Ladstudios, the company’s factual entertainment division. Morris (pictured), the former chief creative officer of Barcroft Studios, will lead Ladstudio’s global team and ...

Well-off 'pioneer farmers' are shunning the rat race to go back to the land, with the environment in mind

The Day the Dinosaurs Died (BBC2) Founded by Sam Barcroft in 2003, Barcroft Studios was early out of the gate when it came to recognizing the value and reach of online video. Beginning as a news agency, the production outfit gained visibility through embracing digital publishing and creating niche channels that would attract millions of views. That is still a significant portion of its business, with 500 million views per month for Barcroft content via social media and its own factual channel, ...