Business News – Realscreen

Canadian media vet Mark W. Johnston to head RiverRock Films unscripted team

Andrew Tracy — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 20:48:49 +0000

L.A.-based production company RiverRock Films is launching a new unscripted division, RiverRock Real, which will be led by veteran executive producer, writer and director Mark W. Johnston. “RiverRock has long anticipated ...

Extra: TCA cancels summer press tour; Phil Gurin’s TGC GE hires int’l sales agents

Andrew Jeffrey — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 17:06:53 +0000

TCA cancels summer press tour The Television Critics Association has canceled its 2023 summer press tour due to the ongoing Writers Guild of America strike. In a statement released on Friday (June ...

Janelle Wookey wins 2023 Propelle Content Accelerator for Women

Barry Walsh — Mon, 12 Jun 2023 16:20:15 +0000

Janelle Wookey, an award-winning Red River Métis writer-producer and co-founder of Wookey Films, has been named the winner of the 2023 Propelle Content Accelerator for Women. Created and developed by Everywoman ...

RS West ’23: AI panel shows potential applications in unscripted entertainment

Andrew Jeffrey — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 16:30:27 +0000

One of the most hotly discussed concepts in entertainment is artificial intelligence and how it could affect the way viewers take in entertainment. But many are still trying to understand ...

RS West ’23: “Trends in Unscripted” panel explores where industry is headed

Justin Anderson — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 16:27:50 +0000

An opportunity to hear producers and buyers talking about where they think the unscripted world is going is always a hot ticket, and the Realscreen West 2023 panel “What We’ll ...

Intuitive Content forms copro partnership with Hotdish Productions

Justin Anderson — Fri, 09 Jun 2023 16:25:13 +0000

U.S.-based documentary and unscripted television prodco Intuitive Content has announced a co-production deal with branded production house HotDish Productions to develop long-form content for global brands. The partnership is aimed at ...

RS West ’23: “Power of Black Content” panel talks diversity and valuing your work

Justin Anderson — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 15:51:20 +0000

About half a year since a panel at the 2023 Realscreen Summit that examined the state of Black representation in the unscripted business following the police murder of George Floyd, ...

Chris Licht out as CNN chief

Justin Anderson — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 16:34:47 +0000

Warner Bros. Discovery announced on Wednesday (June 7) that Chris Licht, chairman and CEO of CNN Worldwide, has stepped down, effective immediately. The news comes on the heels of an unflattering profile ...

RS West ’23: Amazon’s CJ Yu talks unscripted content wishlist, data-driven strategy

Andrew Jeffrey — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 16:31:00 +0000

Docusoaps, music competition series, and projects that feature A-list talent were some of the new unscripted priorities laid out by Amazon Studios’ CJ Yu in a keynote conversation at Realscreen ...

RS West ’23: The CW’s Heather Olander on new true-crime strand and “FBoy Island”

Justin Anderson — Wed, 07 Jun 2023 16:22:58 +0000

The first keynote of Realscreen West 2023 saw Heather Olander, head of unscripted programming for the U.S. broadcast net The CW, take the stage for an interview with Deadline‘s Peter ...