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Gabriel Silver The Chernobyl and Gangs of London executive will be tasked with growing the slate of indie-commissioned dramas. Sky Studios has named Gabriel Silver its director of commissioning for drama, a new role created following the departure of drama director Cameron Roach earlier this year. Silver is currently senior commissioning editor and executive producer for Sky Studios, the production arm of Comcasts European pay TV giant Sky, and oversaw such hit dramas as  Chernobyl and Gangs ...

The report concludes: "As well as being generally suitable for employment development, the site is the optimum location to accommodate additional film and studio floorspace. "Synergies will be created with the adjacent Sky Studios scheme which cannot be achieved on any other large-scale site in the borough. "In overall terms, the site allocation will deliver huge benefits through job creation etc, it will build on the strengths of the TV and film sector in Elstree and Borehamwood and it will a...

Sky signs another co-exclusive deal, this time with NBCUniversal 6 Apr, 2021 05:25 AM 4 minutes to read Sky TV says it has signed a new, multi-year deal with NBCUniversal. Financial terms are undisclosed, but a now-familiar phrase features through the pay-TV broadcasters NZX filing: "co-exclusive" - as also seen in Discovery and ViacomCBS deals with Sky over the past few months. Read More "Co-exclusive doesnt exist in the dictionary, but in the Sky context it means sharing som...

NBCUniversal says it's the biggest arrangement it's made with Sky.

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by Alistair Hardaker A new creative talent development programme for trainee script editors has been launched by Manchester-based social enterprise SharpFutures.  With the support of Sky Studios and ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the UK’s screen industries, ‘Flip The Script’ aims to encourage a new generation of professionals.  It will offer twelve paid placements for trainee script editors to acquire and hone their skills and editorial voice. The 12 week programme, wh...

Sky Documentaries, The Guardian and London-based Wonderhood Studios have partnered for a three-part docuseries examining sexual exploitation in the modeling industry across three decades. The testimony- and archive-driven series builds on the ongoing investigation by journalist Lucy Osborne and The Guardian to reveal how sexual abuse has become endemic in the modeling business. Filmed in the U.S. and Europe, the yet-untitled project is produced by an all-female team including Osborne, with Ja...

Mon 15 Mar 2021 06.01 EDT Last modified on Mon 15 Mar 2021 06.03 EDT Building on a long-running and ongoing investigation by journalist Lucy Osborne and The Guardian, the powerful testimony and archive documentary series will reveal how the modelling industry has facilitated and validated endemic sexual abuse for decades. The Sky Original series will launch on Sky Documentaries in the UK and Ireland, and on Sky in Germany and Italy, and the series title will be announced soon. Further broadcast...

L-R: Adnan Ahmed, Alex Moody and Katie Churchill European pay TV broadcaster Sky has hired execs from the BBC and Tiger Aspect as it looks to bolster its original comedy commissioning. Adnan Ahmed and Katie Churchill are joining Sky Studios, the satcaster’s production arm, as in-house producers, while Alex Moody has been hired as a commissioning editor for indie-led projects. Ahmed, who joins from BBC commercial arm BBC Studios, and Churchill, who joins from UK prodco Tiger Aspect, are the fi...

New comedy execs and producers at Sky and the BBC Sky and the BBC have both announced new appointments in their comedy commissioning and producing teams. The BBC’s comedy department has appointed I May Destroy You producer Tanya Qureshi as a commissioning editor. She will replace Alex Moody, who is leaving the BBC to join Sky in the same role this summer.  Her commissions for the Corporation included Mackenzie Crook’s Worzel Gummidge, King Gary, Motherland, and Frankie Boyle’s New W...