Fulwell 73 nets 14-part studio show for next summer’s Euros Peter Crouch’s position as key BBC talent could be enhanced by a greenlight for a comedy entertainment show from Fulwell 73. The former England footballer and podcast host is fronting BBC1’s Crouch’s Euro Fest 2020 next summer. The BBC describes the 14 x 45-minute series as a “live post-match festival […]
Author archives: Max Goldbart
Amazon catches Aussie cricket doc
Local producer prepares multi-part series Justin Langer: Australian cricket coach Amazon has gained exclusive access to the Australian cricket team at a time of change for the former world number one side. Australian indie duo CA Film and Whooshka Media, in association with Cricket Australia, is producing The Test: A New Era for Australia’s Team, which […]
Dazn enters the ring with Sylvester Stallone
Boxing series is first fruits of sports streamer’s partnership with Balboa Productions Sports streamer Dazn has inked a global creative partnership deal with Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions, kicking off with a feature doc series about boxing. One Night is a set of films looking back at indelible nights in recent boxing history, kicking off with analysis […]
BBC resolves SPOTY complaint with two sports indies
Sunset+Vine and Done and Dusted compensated for travel costs in failed bids The BBC has resolved a complaint from two sports producers over the Sports Personality of the Year (SPOTY) tender process, Broadcast understands. The corporation has given both Tinopolis-backed Sunset + Vine and live events firm Done and Dusted a small amount of compensation for their […]
Facebook eyes niche sports
Social media giant’s strategy is to focus on live events that are ‘under-served’ by broadcasters Facebook is concentrating its sports strategy on “underserved” events that are not being shown by the traditional broadcasters, according to the US tech giant’s head of global live sports. Peter Hutton cited sports including surfing and Ironman as appealing […]
Red Bee launches women’s football streamer
OTT service will launch early next year Swedish sports rights agency Spring Media has partnered with Red Bee Media to launch the world’s first women’s football streaming service. The duo have formed Wnited, which will launch early next year with more than 300 live matches across its first 12 months, along with a range of […]
Noah Media Group forms global sales arm
Sports doc indie kicks off launch with Amazon and BBC sales of cricket feature film The Edge Sports documentary specialist Noah Media Group has hired a former Atlantic Productions exec to head an international sales division. The London-based sales arm is led by Catherine Quantschnigg, formerly head of sales at factual indie Atlantic Productions. […]