Seeking to mount profitable ventures at a time when the board is reportedly clamouring for bigger returns, The Weinstein Company has struck a deal with American Media Inc (Ami) and Jupiter Entertainment.
The partners will focus initially on unscripted programming and said they would announce a reality TV project shortly.
The venture calls for the development and production of original television, film and digital initiatives based on the stable of properties owned by Ami that specialises in, among other subjects, investigative reporting on Hollywood, celebrity culture and true crime.
The portfolio includes National Enquirer, Ok!, National Examiner, Soap Opera Digest, Men’s Fitness and Ami claims to have a monthly reach of 35m readers. The deal marks a move into TV for Ami.
“There is an enormous, untapped opportunity at Ami to develop unique and engaging programming,” said TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein, who acknowledged in an interview with The New York Times last week that he needs...
The partners will focus initially on unscripted programming and said they would announce a reality TV project shortly.
The venture calls for the development and production of original television, film and digital initiatives based on the stable of properties owned by Ami that specialises in, among other subjects, investigative reporting on Hollywood, celebrity culture and true crime.
The portfolio includes National Enquirer, Ok!, National Examiner, Soap Opera Digest, Men’s Fitness and Ami claims to have a monthly reach of 35m readers. The deal marks a move into TV for Ami.
“There is an enormous, untapped opportunity at Ami to develop unique and engaging programming,” said TWC co-chairman Harvey Weinstein, who acknowledged in an interview with The New York Times last week that he needs...
- 12/21/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Leading Euro pay TV operator Sky has acquired a 60% stake in U.S. production company Jupiter Entertainment. Founded in 1996 by Stephen Land, Jupiter Entertainment specialises in non-scripted programmes. Its shows include Welcome to Myrtle Manor on TLC, Wild West Alaska for Animal Planet and Snapped on Oxygen. Jupiter recently formed a multi-year strategic partnership with Random House giving the company a first look at adapting the publisher's assets as non-fiction…...
- 3/30/2015
- Deadline TV
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