Bob Campbell.
Screentime executive chairman Bob Campbell has retired from the production company he co-founded with Des Monaghan 23 years ago.
That marks the end of an era at the company best known for the Underbelly franchise, Pine Gap, Wolf Creek, Cloudstreet, Janet King and Anzac Girls as well as light entertainment fare such as Anh’s Brush with Fame, Rbt, Hughesy, We Have a Problem and The Secret Life of Four Year Olds.
The co-founders sold a controlling stake to French-based entertainment giant Banijay in 2012 and Monaghan stepped down as executive chairman in 2014.
Campbell departed before the completion of Banijay’s takeover of the Endemol Shine Group (Esg), which will create one of the world’s biggest independent production and distribution banners with a catalogue of 85,000 hours.
Rory Callaghan will continue to run Screentime as CEO. In an unrelated move, Screentime executive producer Johnny Lowry has been promoted to head of non-scripted,...
Screentime executive chairman Bob Campbell has retired from the production company he co-founded with Des Monaghan 23 years ago.
That marks the end of an era at the company best known for the Underbelly franchise, Pine Gap, Wolf Creek, Cloudstreet, Janet King and Anzac Girls as well as light entertainment fare such as Anh’s Brush with Fame, Rbt, Hughesy, We Have a Problem and The Secret Life of Four Year Olds.
The co-founders sold a controlling stake to French-based entertainment giant Banijay in 2012 and Monaghan stepped down as executive chairman in 2014.
Campbell departed before the completion of Banijay’s takeover of the Endemol Shine Group (Esg), which will create one of the world’s biggest independent production and distribution banners with a catalogue of 85,000 hours.
Rory Callaghan will continue to run Screentime as CEO. In an unrelated move, Screentime executive producer Johnny Lowry has been promoted to head of non-scripted,...
- 1/31/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Catfish Australia’s Casey Donovan.
An Australian version of the long-running MTV dating show Catfish and a Sydney riff on Crazy Rich Asians are among the shows that will screen on Network 10’s second annual Pilot Week.
Casey Donovan and documentarian Patrick Abboud will host Eureka Productions’ Catfish Australia while Screentime’s Sydney’s Crazy Rich Asians will follow six well-to-do Asians in Sydney and their fixer, a format created by Johnny Lowry.
The line-up also includes Cjz’s Part Time Privates, a sitcom created by and starring Heidi Arena and Thank God You’re Here’s Nicola Parry as two mums-turned-private eyes; Matchbox Pictures and Two Scoop Media’s I Am…Roxy!, which will delve into the daily life of publicist and talent manager Roxy Jacenko; and Screentime’s My 80 Year Old Flatmate, a reality show in which older Aussies rent their rooms to young people.
As happened last year,...
An Australian version of the long-running MTV dating show Catfish and a Sydney riff on Crazy Rich Asians are among the shows that will screen on Network 10’s second annual Pilot Week.
Casey Donovan and documentarian Patrick Abboud will host Eureka Productions’ Catfish Australia while Screentime’s Sydney’s Crazy Rich Asians will follow six well-to-do Asians in Sydney and their fixer, a format created by Johnny Lowry.
The line-up also includes Cjz’s Part Time Privates, a sitcom created by and starring Heidi Arena and Thank God You’re Here’s Nicola Parry as two mums-turned-private eyes; Matchbox Pictures and Two Scoop Media’s I Am…Roxy!, which will delve into the daily life of publicist and talent manager Roxy Jacenko; and Screentime’s My 80 Year Old Flatmate, a reality show in which older Aussies rent their rooms to young people.
As happened last year,...
- 5/27/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
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