In a further move to increase its position in the booming UK production sector, Sony Pictures Television is teaming with execs Kieran Doherty and Matt Worthy to launch Stellify Media. The Belfast-based joint venture is Spt’s first move into production in Northern Ireland which has been the focus of increased attention ever since HBO’s Game Of Thrones set up shop there. Stellify will produce entertainment content for UK broadcasters and international export. It will also collaborate with Spt’s other production companies on development. UK shows and formats will be exported by Spt’s distribution arm. Doherty and Worthy created the international quiz format Secret Fortune (BBC One) and the reality gameshow format Take The Money And Run, which aired on ABC in the States. Most recently, they developed quiz pilots You Against The Nation for BBC One and Divide & Conquer for Channel 4. Spt’s chief creative officer of international production,...
- 3/20/2014
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
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