In 1998, Glen Salzman and Katherine Buck launched Montreal-based Cineflix Media with one of its first series, “Dogs with Jobs.” Unable to secure Canadian financing, they pitched the series at the Banff World Media Festival to international broadcasters during a market simulation session.
From there, the company produced five seasons of the factual series, which continues to sell internationally. More impressively, it was the beginning of Cineflix growing from a company with three factual shows into one of Canada’s largest independent producers, with creative, production and distribution arms in Montreal, Toronto, New York, London and Dublin.
Over the years, Cineflix has brought marquee talent and shows like “Property Brothers,” “American Pickers” and “Mayday: Air Disaster” to global audiences. Today, the group includes Cineflix Productions, Cineflix Rights, and Cineflix Studios, as well as joint venture companies Buccaneer, Connect3 Media, Husk Media and Shiny Screens Entertainment.
It boasts more than 5,500 catalog hours,...
From there, the company produced five seasons of the factual series, which continues to sell internationally. More impressively, it was the beginning of Cineflix growing from a company with three factual shows into one of Canada’s largest independent producers, with creative, production and distribution arms in Montreal, Toronto, New York, London and Dublin.
Over the years, Cineflix has brought marquee talent and shows like “Property Brothers,” “American Pickers” and “Mayday: Air Disaster” to global audiences. Today, the group includes Cineflix Productions, Cineflix Rights, and Cineflix Studios, as well as joint venture companies Buccaneer, Connect3 Media, Husk Media and Shiny Screens Entertainment.
It boasts more than 5,500 catalog hours,...
- 6/12/2023
- by Amber Dowling
- Variety Film + TV
Cineflix Rights CEO Chris Bonney is to retire in mid-2021 after leading the UK-based sales house for the past eight years.
Bonney will be in place as Cineflix Rights hires a successor, but said he is leaving the industry after a 35-year career to “move to a new phase in life” in which he will play golf and travel the world.
Bonney has grown Cineflix Rights into the UK’s largest independent distributor, boasting a catalog of more than 5,000 hours of content and partnerships with 100 producers.
Its roster of shows includes Apple’s Tehran and ITV/Netflix show Marcella. It counts Property Brothers and Border Security among its factual success stories.
“Under his skillful leadership, he has assembled a phenomenal team at Cineflix Rights and has drawn up a solid blueprint for enduring momentum and success,” said Glen Salzman and Katherine Buck, Co-CEOs of Cineflix Media. “Chris is very well-respected...
Bonney will be in place as Cineflix Rights hires a successor, but said he is leaving the industry after a 35-year career to “move to a new phase in life” in which he will play golf and travel the world.
Bonney has grown Cineflix Rights into the UK’s largest independent distributor, boasting a catalog of more than 5,000 hours of content and partnerships with 100 producers.
Its roster of shows includes Apple’s Tehran and ITV/Netflix show Marcella. It counts Property Brothers and Border Security among its factual success stories.
“Under his skillful leadership, he has assembled a phenomenal team at Cineflix Rights and has drawn up a solid blueprint for enduring momentum and success,” said Glen Salzman and Katherine Buck, Co-CEOs of Cineflix Media. “Chris is very well-respected...
- 11/24/2020
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Chris Bonney, CEO of London-based distributor Cineflix Rights, is set to retire from the company next year.
The executive, a well-respected industry veteran who has grown Cineflix Media’s distribution operation, will step down following a period of transition, during which time the company will appoint a successor.
Bonney joined Cineflix Media in 2012 from Warner Bros. International Television Production to lead Cineflix Rights. Through his leadership, the company has grown into one of the U.K.’s largest independent television distributors, with a roster of 100 creative producer partners. The company’s 5,000-hour catalogue of scripted and factual content has been sold into more than 500 broadcasters and platforms around the world.
During Bonney’s tenure at Cineflix Rights, he increased the company’s deals with third-party partners to almost half of its overall portfolio, and ushered in innovative financing models to help producer partners, including Cineflix Productions, deliver programming.
Bonney’s...
The executive, a well-respected industry veteran who has grown Cineflix Media’s distribution operation, will step down following a period of transition, during which time the company will appoint a successor.
Bonney joined Cineflix Media in 2012 from Warner Bros. International Television Production to lead Cineflix Rights. Through his leadership, the company has grown into one of the U.K.’s largest independent television distributors, with a roster of 100 creative producer partners. The company’s 5,000-hour catalogue of scripted and factual content has been sold into more than 500 broadcasters and platforms around the world.
During Bonney’s tenure at Cineflix Rights, he increased the company’s deals with third-party partners to almost half of its overall portfolio, and ushered in innovative financing models to help producer partners, including Cineflix Productions, deliver programming.
Bonney’s...
- 11/24/2020
- by Manori Ravindran
- Variety Film + TV
Cineflix has tapped Dave Hamilton to become its new Evp of Development. The former Endemol USA exec, most recently Svp at Leopard USA, will lead Cineflix’s development team from September and be responsible for unscripted programming across all platforms in North America and globally. Based out of the company's New York office, Hamilton will report to Cineflix Media Co-Founders and Co-CEOs, Glen Salzman and Katherine Buck, and work closely with president of…...
- 8/10/2015
- Deadline TV
BBC America has made it official, renewing its first original scripted series, Copper, for a second season. The news comes ahead of the period drama’s Season 1 finale Sunday. The channel has ordered 13 episodes for Copper, which is produced by Cineflix Studios, vs. 10 for its freshman season. It marked BBC America and Cineflix’s first original scripted series. “Copper has proven to be a perfect fit for the channel,” said Perry Simon, General Manager, Channels, BBC Worldwide America. The series, which centers on an Irish immigrant cop (Tom Weston-Jones) in 1864 New York, premiered in August with 1.1 million total viewers, the largest audience ever for a BBC America series debut. It is the network’s highest-rated drama to date, averaging over one million viewers a week. The series is created by Tom Fontana and Will Rokos. Season one executive producers include Barry Levinson, Fontana, Rokos, Christina Wayne, Jim Finnerty, Sherri Rufh,...
- 10/18/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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