Sky Studios Strikes Podcast-To-Screen Deal With ‘Sweet Bobby’ Producer Tortoise Media; BBC Studios Natural History Unit Unveils 1.1M Global Talent Initiative – Global Briefs

Sky Studios Strikes Podcast-To-Screen Deal With Tortoise Media
Sky Studios has struck an exclusive multi-year first look deal with Tortoise Media to turn the news outlet’s podcasts into TV shows. Tortoise is highly-respected for a string of award-winning podcasts including Sweet Bobby and Hoaxed, which come from the outfit’s weekly The Slow Newscast investigative series. With access to all these podcasts, Sky Studios will collaborate with Tortoise through the development process and produce high-end TV and features across scripted and documentary. “At Tortoise, we hope that by taking the time to investigate stories and report them in full, we can get to the heart of things, and, together, we hope those stories will reach even more people,” said Tortoise Co-Founder James Harding, who used to run BBC News.
BBC Studios Natural History Unit Unveils 1.1M Global Talent Initiative
BBC Studios Natural History Unit (Nhu) has unveiled a £1M...
Sky Studios has struck an exclusive multi-year first look deal with Tortoise Media to turn the news outlet’s podcasts into TV shows. Tortoise is highly-respected for a string of award-winning podcasts including Sweet Bobby and Hoaxed, which come from the outfit’s weekly The Slow Newscast investigative series. With access to all these podcasts, Sky Studios will collaborate with Tortoise through the development process and produce high-end TV and features across scripted and documentary. “At Tortoise, we hope that by taking the time to investigate stories and report them in full, we can get to the heart of things, and, together, we hope those stories will reach even more people,” said Tortoise Co-Founder James Harding, who used to run BBC News.
BBC Studios Natural History Unit Unveils 1.1M Global Talent Initiative
BBC Studios Natural History Unit (Nhu) has unveiled a £1M...
- 10/12/2022
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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