I don't doubt that if this were any other indie (as not network owned production houses are known in the UK) then perhaps Murdoch Snr wouldn't have got his chequebook out. But in the UK, Shine has grown to be quite a significant player.
As well as the mentioned shows below they own formats/shows including: Masterchef - big in multiple territories with the US being a notable exception, with endless spin-offs Merlin - yup, it's still going even if NBC swiftly bailed Don't Stop Believin' Got To Dance - OK. Neither of these are big. Hustle Lip Service - this has got to show up on somewhere like Showtime Outcasts - better SF show than the UK press would have you think They also own Princess Productions that makes plenty of UK daytime fare - low yield/high volume. In overall terms, this is decent acquisition. Especially since in the UK his broadcast arm, Sky TV, has been notably poor in producing anything beyond live sport. Most other programming is US acquisition. Indeed the recently launched Sky Atlantic is 100% built around HBO (with which it has an exclusive deal) supplemented by other premium and less premium fare. Adam On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Mark J. <[email protected]> wrote: > The $667M purchase of Elisabeth Murdoch's Shine Group, best known in > the U.S. as the producer (from its Reveille division acquired from Ben > Silverman in 2008, when the latter was screwing up NBC) of "The > Office" and "The Biggest Loser" (and among Brit TV lovers for "Spooks/ > MI:5" and "Life on Mars") could be easily interpreted as not so much > adding an arsenal of programming to the News Corp. war chest as Rupert > getting the most successful member of his family in line for > succession: > > > http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/news-corp-agrees-to-buy-shine-group/story-e6frg90o-1226009807321 > > And if anything, Elisabeth was supposedly the Murdoch family member > who urged Rupert to get Fox to pick up "American Idol" after Fox execs > had dragged their feet on it--once the orders came down from on high, > they suddenly changed their minds. > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
