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Sheldon Turner And Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Inks Deal With Sony Pictures TV

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday June 11, 2013 @ 12:01pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Jennifer Klein, Sheldon Turner, Sony Pictures Television, Vendetta Prods
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EXCLUSIVE: Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein have signed a first-look deal at Sony Pictures Television for their Vendetta Prods. Under the pact, the two will continue to develop and executive produce series for the broadcast networks while also expanding into cable, with Turner set to write some of the projects. Since launching Vendetta in 2011, Turner and Klein had been based at ABC Studios where they most recently set up Skindeep, written by Sheldon, and Black Friday, penned by Ken Nolan, at ABC this past season. READ MORE »

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Sam Catlin Re-Ups At Sony Pictures TV WIth 2-Year Overall Deal

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday June 10, 2013 @ 3:00pm PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Breaking Bad, Rake, Sam Catlin, Sony Pictures Television

Sam Catlin Overall Deal With Sony Pictures TelevisionThe Breaking Bad veteran will continue to develop original projects for the studio and will serve as co-EP on Fox’s upcoming midseason drama Rake. Sam Catlin shared … Read More »

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Christina Ricci To Play Lizzie Borden In Lifetime Movie

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday June 7, 2013 @ 7:30pm PDTTags: Christina Ricci, Judith Verno, Lifetime, Sony Pictures Television
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Long before Amanda Knox, Casey Anthony and Jodi Arias, there was another young American woman on a trial for murder that became a media spectacle. I’ve … Read More »

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John Eisendrath Re-Ups Sony Overall Deal

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday June 7, 2013 @ 9:19am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, John Eisendrath, Sony Pictures Television
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EXCLUSIVE: Veteran drama showrunner John Eisendrath has signed a new two-year overall deal with Sony Pictures Television. Under his previous overall pact with Sony, Eisendrath most recently helped develop Jon Bokenkamp’s drama project The Blacklist … Read More »

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BBC Commissions Pilot For ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ Remake ‘The Smiths’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday May 9, 2013 @ 8:24am PDTTags: BBC, Catherine Tate, Lee Mack, Sony Pictures Television, The Smiths

Everybody Loves Raymond has already been adapted for foreign audiences including in Russia, where the process was the subject of 2010 documentary Exporting Raymond. Now, the BBC has confirmed that a pilot for a UK remake will be shot for BBC One later this month. British comic actor-writer Lee Mack is penning the pilot for The Smiths and will star alongside The Office‘s Catherine Tate. Just as Ray Romano did on the Emmy-winning CBS sitcom that ran from 1996-2005, Mack will play a successful sportswriter whose overbearing parents and older brother live next door, but the action will move from Long Island to the English county of Cheshire. Tate plays Mack’s wife in a role originated by Patricia Heaton, and further cast is to be confirmed. Read More »

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Sony Pictures Colorworks Opens 4K Post Production Facility

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday February 6, 2013 @ 5:15pm PSTTags: Colorworks, Sony Pictures Television

The new facility, Colorworks 4K Television is located at the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City, and will provide services for original shows shot in 4K as well as 4K remastering. The facility … Read More »

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Global Showbiz Briefs: Jane Campion Returns To Cannes, SPT In Germany, The Agency Group & Maggie Simpson

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Tuesday February 5, 2013 @ 10:00pm PSTTags: Jane Campion, Sony Pictures Television

Jane Campion To Judge Shorts In Cannes
The only woman to ever win the Palme d’Or will return to Cannes this May as president of the Cinéfondation and Short Film Jury of the 66th Cannes Film Festival. In 1986, Jane Campion won the short film Palme d’or for Peel and in 1993 made history when she took the top prize in the main competition with The Piano. Her last film, Bright Star, was presented in competition at Cannes in 2009. The Cinéfondation and Short Film jury is made up of five judges who choose three prize winners from among the Cinéfondation’s selection of film school entrants and the winner of the short film Palme d’Or, which this year will be presented during the closing ceremony of the Festival, on May 26. Read More »

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Sony TV Hires Nathalie Lubensky As SVP Marketing, Networks

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Wednesday December 19, 2012 @ 11:06am PSTTags: Sony Pictures Television

Nathalie Lubensky will manage the global marketing and branding initiatives for Sony Pictures Television’s networks portfolio that spans 159 countries and reaches more than 800 million homes. She’s responsible for building local, relevant brands; expanding and pursuing new … Read More »

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Sony Pictures TV Names New SVP Corporate Business & Legal Affairs, International

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday November 19, 2012 @ 3:37am PSTTags: Shine Group, Sony Pictures Television

London, UK (19 November, 2012) — Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has appointed Richard Parsons as senior vice president for corporate business and legal affairs, international production, it was announced today. In this role, Parsons will lead corporate business affairs for SPT’s portfolio of international production companies and manage deal executions on acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic partnerships.

Parsons will report to Corii Berg, SPT’s senior executive vice president, business affairs, in Los Angeles. He takes up his role later this month and will be based at SPT’s London office.

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Global Showbiz Briefs: CAA’s Frank Jung Joins CAPE Board, Foxtel Launches Foxtel Go, Youku, Sony, Shine’s Dragonfly

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 6, 2012 @ 8:00pm PSTTags: Dragonfly Film and Television, Foxtel, Sony Pictures Television

CAA’s Frank Jung Joins CAPE Board Of Directors
CAA’s Frank Jung has joined the board of directors for the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE). Jung, a television and digital packaging agent at CAA, joins YouTube’s Bing Chen and Dancing With The Stars’ judge Carrie Ann Inaba as new CAPE board members. Jung’s clients include Mike Sussman, co-creator of TNT’s Perception, Sang Kim, writer/producer of The Walking Dead and Paranormal Activity producer Jason Blum. In September CAPE, in partnership with NBCUniversal, hosted the 12th Annual New Writers Awards. Other executives and artists on CAPE’s Council of Advisors and Board of Directors include Ang Lee, John Woo, Dean Devlin, David Henry Hwang, Lou Diamond Phillips, B.D. Wong, Janet Yang, and Teddy Zee.

Foxtel Launches Mobile Service Foxtel Go
Australia’s biggest TV platform Foxtel today launched Foxtel Go, enabling subscribers to watch 21 live channels including A&E, National Geographic Channel, Discovery Channel, Sky News, Disney and Fox Sports on iPads. The mobile service also includes hundreds of catch-up episodes of series such as The Walking Dead, Gossip Girl, Magic City, Vampire Diaries, Gravity Falls, Spooks and Haven. The initiative is part of Foxtel CEO Richard Freudenstein’s strategy to introduce new services to reduce churn and to grow pay TV penetration from 34% to 50% over the next five years. “The TV landscape has changed, viewers are not just watching TV in the living room, they’re watching TV on the way to work, at the beach or in another room of the house,” he said. “Foxtel Go is the biggest thing we’ve launched since digital and (the PVR) iQ.”- Don Groves. Read More »

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Sony Pictures Television Acquires UK’s Left Bank Pictures

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday August 23, 2012 @ 2:11am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Sony Pictures Television, Wallander

The acquisition of a majority stake in UK producer Left Bank Pictures brings Sony Pictures Television‘s British portfolio to four companies. Left Bank’s TV series include the Kenneth Branagh-starring Wallander, in partnership with the BBC, Sky drama Mad … Read More »

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Sony Pictures Television To Pay $271M For Increased Stake In India’s MSM

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday June 14, 2012 @ 1:51am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, Sony Entertainment Television, Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television is upping its stake in Indian TV group Multi Screen Media. SPT will acquire a further 32% of shares in MSM from Grandway Global Holdings and Atlas Equifin in a transaction valued at $271M. Subject to government … Read More »

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Sony’s AXN Networks Bite Into ‘Hannibal’

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Wednesday May 30, 2012 @ 1:32am PDTTags: Hannibal, Hugh Dancy, Sony Pictures Television

Upcoming contemporary thriller series Hannibal will be broadcast on Sony Pictures Television’s AXN networks in 18 languages across 63 countries. Production is expected to start in late July on the 13-episodes that trace the early relationship of Thomas Harris’s legendary … Read More »

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Corin Nelson Tapped As EP Of Queen Latifah’s 2013 Syndicated Talker

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Monday May 21, 2012 @ 1:30pm PDTTags: Queen Latifah, Sony Pictures Television

Related: Queen Latifah To Host Daytime Talk Show Eyed For 2013 From Sony TV & Overbrook

Five-time Emmy® Award-winning producer Corin Nelson has been named executive producer of Queen Latifah‘s new syndicated talk show from Flavor Unit Entertainment, Overbrook Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television. The multi-topic daytime series, covering everything under the umbrella of entertainment, is expected to launch in the fall of 2013.

“Given Queen Latifah’s profile, stature and accomplishments, it was vital for us to find someone who complemented such a tremendous talent to helm this show,” said Holly Jacobs, executive vice president, U.S. reality and syndicated programming, Sony Pictures Television. “We knew the diversity of Corin’s experience in daytime and late night, her collaborative spirit, tremendous creative chops and passion for the medium made her a perfect match.

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Sony Pictures Television Expands In U.K. With Silver River Acquisition

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Thursday March 1, 2012 @ 3:08am PSTTags: Sony Pictures Television

Just ahead of next month’s MIP TV market, Sony Pictures Television has added to its international production and distribution business by taking a majority stake in UK indie producer Silver River. Silver River works across a wide range of genres … Read More »

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Sony TV & Televisa Ink First-Look Deal For Series Outside Of U.S. And Latin America

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Sunday January 22, 2012 @ 11:20pm PSTTags: Sony Pictures Television, Televisa
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Sony Pictures Television and Spanish-language giant Televisa have signed an exclusive first-look co-production deal for scripted, unscripted and telenovela formats. Under the pact, SPT will get a first-look at all of Televisa’s scripted and unscripted formats for potential co-production worldwide, … Read More »

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Global Showbiz Briefs: UK, Africa, Australia

By NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor | Monday December 5, 2011 @ 10:26pm PSTTags: Aardman Animation, Arthur Christmas, Bill Nighy, Comedy Central, Creative England, Happy Feet Two, Hugh Laurie, Imelda Staunton, James McAvoy, Jim Broadbent, Lakeshore Entertainment, Les Miserables, NBC Universal, Quickflix, Sony Pictures Animation, Sony Pictures Releasing International, Sony Pictures Television, South Park, Tom Hooper, Warner Bros

‘Arthur Christmas’ Slays ‘Em In The UK
Sony Pictures Animation and Aardman’s Arthur Christmas jumped to the top of the UK box office this weekend – in its fourth week of release. This bit of holiday magic came courtesy of a £1.9 million weekend take for a cume of £11.5 million. The film has been holding steady in second place since it bowed on November 11 and this weekend faced off against Happy Feet Two for the family audience. Largely positive notices and the British voice cast — including James McAvoy, Hugh Laurie, Jim Broadbent, Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton — have no doubt been a local draw. Sony Pictures Releasing UK’s Peter Taylor said: “Opening a movie at No. 1 in such a competitive market as the UK is difficult enough, but to reach the top of the chart in the fourth week of release is almost unprecedented. We are all delighted.”

Tom Hooper Decides Against 3D For ‘Les Miserables’
Although director Tom Hooper flirted with the idea of filming the new movie version of the hit stage musical Les Miserables in 3D, the Oscar-winning helmer of The King’s Speech has decided to stick with 2D. Hooper told the BBC he had been “very tempted” to use 3D but worried that some audiences might “physically struggle” with the format. Not to worry, purists. “I can definitely announce it’s good old-fashioned 2D,” Hooper said at the British Independent Film Awards. “I wanted to make a film that would touch everyone. I believe the story is so strong, 3D is not essential.” Hooper added that the casting of Eponine and Cosette would be announced soon. “I’ve never done a film where big star actors are as obsessed with being in it as this.” Starring Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean and Russell Crowe as Javert, Read More »

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Sony TV Joins ‘House Of Cards’ Team

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Friday November 11, 2011 @ 7:59am PSTTags: David Fincher, House of Cards, Kevin Spacey, Media Rights Capital, Sony Pictures Television

Sony Pictures Television has come aboard as a distribution partner on House Of Cards, the Kevin Spacey-starring political drama series that Netflix landed in a high-profile deal back in March. Beau Willimon (The Ides Of March) wrote the pilot, … Read More »

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Sony Pictures TV Promotes Sales Execs

By THE DEADLINE TEAM | Tuesday November 8, 2011 @ 10:21am PSTTags: Sony Pictures Television, Sony TV

Sony Pictures Television has upped Flory Bramnick to EVP U.S. Cable Sales and Philip Martzolf to EVP U.S. Syndication Sales, the company announced today. Bramnick, the SVP U.S. Cable Distribution since 2004, will run all sales ops for SPT and … Read More »

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