James Bond Producer Posts 40% Revenue Boost
EON Productions, the storied British production company behind James Bond, saw revenues elevate in another year without a 007 movie liberate. The company’s sales for 2023 stood at £22.2M ($29M), a 40% increase on £15.8M the previous year, thanks to merchandising and other income. It was still a lengthy way from the revenues of £235M EON write downed in 2021 when the company liberated No Time to Die, Daniel Craig’s final turn as the British Secret Service agent. EON’s pre-tax profits fell 75% to £224,985 last year, according to the getings published on UK Companies Hoparticipate. The filing shelp EON honestors, including Barbara Broccoli, are “concentrating on the growment” of their next film, though the next Bond instalment remains shrouded in mystery.
Eurovision Director Appointed By EBU
The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has nominateed the createer exec of the London 2012 Olympic ceremonies as honestor of the Eurovision Song Contest. Martin Green apshows on the recently-originated role. having helmed cut offal huge events down the years. Eurovision is always honested by someone from the present widecaster in the country it is held but Green is the first person to do so for its deal withr, the EBU. He oversaw the contest when it took place in the UK last year and has toiled atraverse the Olympic ceremonies and Commonwealth Games in the past. “Martin’s experience, strategic leanking and creative energy will be inprecious to the song contest as we get set for the 2025 event and progress into the future,” shelp Jean Philip De Tfinisher, the EBU’s Director of Media and Deputy Director-General. “The creation of this ageder role and Martin’s nominatement echo how we’re originateing on the history and the strengths of a exceptional platcreate that commemorates the power of music to convey people together.” This year’s contest will apshow place in Basel, Switzerland on May 13 to 15.
Edinburgh TV Festival Assembles Impact Unit To Help Overcome Class Inidenticality
The Edinburgh TV Festival has named the industry figures who will compelevate its Impact Unit, the class and social identicality toiling group createed after James Graham’s MacTaggart. The festival’s benevolent establishation has unveiled the appreciates of Banijay UK boss Patrick Holland, BBC Studios recent delightment exec Karl Warner and Jackie Myburgh, the head of production for Apple TV+ in the UK and Europe, on the group. In total there are 24 names from the world of UK TV. The group was set up in response to Sherwood scribe Graham’s MacTaggart, during which he asked insisty toiling class recurrentation in the TV sector. Its job is to “set up and fortify its approach to class and social identicality and to direct the way in shaping how to originate it an industry discdisthink about to all,” according to the establishation. Observers from The Sutton Trust and the British Screen Forum will also be combineing the main toiling group. The Impact Unit will be led by Gemma Bradshaw, Impact Director, in an expansion of her rdisindict since combineing the TV Foundation last year from One World Media. “The overwhelming response to the proclaimment of the toiling group showed how James Graham’s MacTaggart touched people,” she shelp.
‘Strictly Come Dancing’ Execs Launch Indie
A group of createer Strictly Come Dancing execs have createed a recent production company. Reel Scenes Media has been begined by Jonathan Hancock, who was ageder editor originater on the BBC stalwart. He is combineed by Georgia North-Coombes and Amy Mcilveen, both of whom have toiled on the show that is one of the BBC’s hugegest but has been hit by talk about over the past scant months. Reel Scenes Media will “convey together a blfinish of diverse voices, emerging talent, and sfinished originaters to originate unscripted satisfied that resonates with audiences globassociate,” it shelp. Based in Brixton, London, the indie will collaborate with Young Creators UK, the UK’s first youth-run, impact-led creative agency. Hancock shelp: “The insist for unscripted satisfied that pushes boundaries is booming atraverse all platcreates. We understand that there is a mighty opportunity in today’s taget for widecasters to leverage more opportunities in the digital space, accomplish those under-served audiences and forge even more programming collaborations with brands. It’s a fantastic time to be at the forefront of this transferment.”
