STV Group PLC STV PRODUCTIONS APPOINTS WME AS DISTRIBUTION AGENT
28 February 2019 - 6:15PM
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STV PRODUCTIONS APPOINTS WME ENTERTAINMENT AS DISTRIBUTION
AGENT
28 February 2019
Leading content business STV Productions has signed with WME for
representation.
WME will work with STV Productions with a focus on developing
dramas and formats for UK and international audiences.
Last year ambitious growth plans to build STV Productions into
an independent production company of scale were announced, focusing
on developing returning series for terrestrial and SVOD players and
serving the growing demand for quality programming from the nations
and regions. David Mortimer was appointed Managing Director of the
business in November and has made early progress in implementing
the growth plan, forming new creative partnerships and sowing the
seeds to develop valuable IP.
David Mortimer, Managing Director of STV Productions, said: "WME
is one of the world's leading entertainment companies, working with
an unparalleled list of artists and content creators. We are
excited to be working with them as we progress our growth
plans."
ENDS
For further information, please contact the STV press
office:
Katie Martin
0141 3003109
katie.martin@stv.tv
Anna Hendry
0141 300 3830
anna.hendry@stv.tv
Notes to editors
STV Productions is one of the UK's leading content businesses
with ambitious plans for domestic and international growth.
The company, led by award-winning executive David Mortimer, has
an impressive track-record of success across genres including
drama, entertainment and factual, with commissions from a wide
range of broadcasters.
Eighteen series of ratings winner Antiques Road Trip have been
produced for the BBC along with eight series of sister programme
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip.
In entertainment, the company has produced seven series of
Catchphrase for ITV, game shows And They're Off...for Sport Relief
for BBC One and Babushka for ITV Daytime, two series of Safeword
for ITV - with a two series remake for VHI/MTV in the US, as well
as The Dressing Room for UKTV's entertainment channel W. Sex Tape,
a four part show for Channel 4, will transmit early 2019.
STV Productions has a track record of producing quality drama,
with four part thriller The Victim - starring Kelly Macdonald and
John Hannah - transmitting later this year on BBC One. STV
Productions has also confirmed a second BBC drama commission -
Elizabeth is Missing, adapted from Emma Healey's novel. Previous
drama productions include Taggart and Rebus for ITV.
Highlights among factual series and specials include Britain's
Polar Bear Cub for Channel 4, two series of Prison: First &
Last 24 Hours for Sky1, Ross Kemp Behind Bars - Inside Barlinnie
for ITV, Scotland and the Battle for Britain presented by Andrew
Marr for BBC Two, Fire in the Night, an award winning feature
documentary to mark the 25(th) anniversary of the Piper Alpha
disaster, Tutankhamun: The Truth Uncovered for BBC1, Smithsonian
Channel and Discovery Canada, as well as documentary series Yes/No
- Inside The Indyref and Inside Central Station for the
soon-to-be-launched BBC Scotland channel.
STV Productions works with a number of leading international
sales agents that distribute its programmes and formats outside the
UK. The company's partnership with Sky Vision covers international
distribution of STV Productions' unscripted catalogue as well as a
global distribution deal for forthcoming BBC drama, The Victim.
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