Exclusive: Blackfin, the Lionsgate-backed production company behind series including Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez, has a new Head of Documentaries.
Igal Svet, who was previously head of documentaries at Discovery+ has joined in the role as well as EVP.
Reporting to Chief Creative Officer Geno McDermott, Svet joins after nearly three years as Head of Documentaries at Discovery+, a position he left in March 2023. In that role, he helped launch a slate of docs including Trump: Unprecedented, House of Hammer, Curse of the Chippendales, Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed, and Queen of Meth as well as acquisitions such as Introducing Selma Blair.
Before joining Discovery in 2019, initially as VP, Production and Development, Svet spent five years at Nat Geo, where he worked on docs such as LA92, Jane, Mars, Story of God with Morgan Freeman, and One Strange Rock.
Lionsgate Alternative Television’s Blackfin, which was formerly part of eOne,...
Igal Svet, who was previously head of documentaries at Discovery+ has joined in the role as well as EVP.
Reporting to Chief Creative Officer Geno McDermott, Svet joins after nearly three years as Head of Documentaries at Discovery+, a position he left in March 2023. In that role, he helped launch a slate of docs including Trump: Unprecedented, House of Hammer, Curse of the Chippendales, Hillsong: A Megachurch Exposed, and Queen of Meth as well as acquisitions such as Introducing Selma Blair.
Before joining Discovery in 2019, initially as VP, Production and Development, Svet spent five years at Nat Geo, where he worked on docs such as LA92, Jane, Mars, Story of God with Morgan Freeman, and One Strange Rock.
Lionsgate Alternative Television’s Blackfin, which was formerly part of eOne,...
- 4/25/2024
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Talos Films, the production company behind series including HBO’s Torn Apart and Discovery+’s Queen of Meth, is to explore the Liberty University sexual assault scandal in a new unscripted series.
The company has signed an exclusive deal with the women at the center of the case and the series will document their fight for justice in The Liberty University Project (w/t).
Liberty University, founded by Southern Baptist preacher Jerry Falwell Jr., has been at the center of numerous cases of alleged sexual assault over the last two decades, where the university took no meaningful action against the alleged perpetrators and sought to dismiss victims’ claims.
It comes after ProPublica reported that students were discouraged from reporting sexual assault with some who reported rapes told they could be punished. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner have called for an investigation.
The producer has teamed up with Tom Arnold,...
The company has signed an exclusive deal with the women at the center of the case and the series will document their fight for justice in The Liberty University Project (w/t).
Liberty University, founded by Southern Baptist preacher Jerry Falwell Jr., has been at the center of numerous cases of alleged sexual assault over the last two decades, where the university took no meaningful action against the alleged perpetrators and sought to dismiss victims’ claims.
It comes after ProPublica reported that students were discouraged from reporting sexual assault with some who reported rapes told they could be punished. Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner have called for an investigation.
The producer has teamed up with Tom Arnold,...
- 11/15/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Discovery Plus is coming to Canada, with a launch set for Oct. 19 — offering a mammoth bucket of more than 60,000 episodes from Discovery’s stable of brands plus a lineup of original, streaming-only shows.
Discovery Plus is available for $4.99 Canadian per month with ads, while an ad-free version is $6.99 Canadian per month. The streaming service debuted in January in the U.S., priced at $4.99 Usd for the ad-supported tier and $6.99 Usd for the no-ads tier. As with the U.S. version, each account will include up to five user profiles and allow up to four concurrent streams.
Discovery Plus features more than 200 exclusive and original series across genres including nature, true crime, home, relationships, food and paranormal. In addition, the service is stocked with current and library shows from Discovery’s networks, including HGTV, Food Network, TLC, ID, OWN, Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network,...
Discovery Plus is available for $4.99 Canadian per month with ads, while an ad-free version is $6.99 Canadian per month. The streaming service debuted in January in the U.S., priced at $4.99 Usd for the ad-supported tier and $6.99 Usd for the no-ads tier. As with the U.S. version, each account will include up to five user profiles and allow up to four concurrent streams.
Discovery Plus features more than 200 exclusive and original series across genres including nature, true crime, home, relationships, food and paranormal. In addition, the service is stocked with current and library shows from Discovery’s networks, including HGTV, Food Network, TLC, ID, OWN, Travel Channel, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network,...
- 10/12/2021
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
Keep calm and carry on… that’s the message from Discovery+ chief Lisa Holme to producers as the factual giant goes through the merger process with WarnerMedia.
Holme, who, as Group SVP of Content and Commercial Strategy for Discovery+ oversees programming for the company’s streaming service, echoed comments from colleagues such as David Zaslav with Discovery and WarnerMedia waiting on regulatory approval to create Warner Bros. Discovery.
But during a Deadline-moderated panel session at the Edinburgh TV Festival, she did admit that there would “lots of new exciting prospects” for the creative community.
“The reality is that until regulatory approval comes through, it is truly business as usual for both companies. Keep working with us as you have been. Once all of that happens, I think there will be lots of new exciting prospects about how we think about leveraging talent or IP across an even broader ecosystem but...
Holme, who, as Group SVP of Content and Commercial Strategy for Discovery+ oversees programming for the company’s streaming service, echoed comments from colleagues such as David Zaslav with Discovery and WarnerMedia waiting on regulatory approval to create Warner Bros. Discovery.
But during a Deadline-moderated panel session at the Edinburgh TV Festival, she did admit that there would “lots of new exciting prospects” for the creative community.
“The reality is that until regulatory approval comes through, it is truly business as usual for both companies. Keep working with us as you have been. Once all of that happens, I think there will be lots of new exciting prospects about how we think about leveraging talent or IP across an even broader ecosystem but...
- 8/26/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: The secrets of the Hammer family, including Armand Hammer and actor Armie Hammer, is set to be explored in a Discovery+ series.
The factual streamer has ordered House of Hammer (w/t) from production company Talos Films, which was shopping around the series.
The series features exclusive access to Casey Hammer, granddaughter of Armand Hammer and aunt of Armie Hammer, and will draw upon research by former New York Times reporter and Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer author Edward Jay Epstein. Additional family members, survivors and insiders are also set to appear.
It forms part of a multi-project deal between Discovery+ and Talos Films, which was founded by former History and Discovery exec Julian P. Hobbs and ex-MTV exec Elli Hakami. Talos is behind series such as Discovery+’s Queen of Meth and Disney+’s Family Reboot.
Lisa Holme, Group SVP of Content and Commercial Strategy...
The factual streamer has ordered House of Hammer (w/t) from production company Talos Films, which was shopping around the series.
The series features exclusive access to Casey Hammer, granddaughter of Armand Hammer and aunt of Armie Hammer, and will draw upon research by former New York Times reporter and Dossier: The Secret History of Armand Hammer author Edward Jay Epstein. Additional family members, survivors and insiders are also set to appear.
It forms part of a multi-project deal between Discovery+ and Talos Films, which was founded by former History and Discovery exec Julian P. Hobbs and ex-MTV exec Elli Hakami. Talos is behind series such as Discovery+’s Queen of Meth and Disney+’s Family Reboot.
Lisa Holme, Group SVP of Content and Commercial Strategy...
- 8/26/2021
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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