Paris-headquartered Asacha Media Group has acquired a majority stake in U.K. production and distribution outfit Wag Entertainment.
The Wag portfolio includes “What on Earth?” and “Strange Evidence” for Science Channel, “Weird Earth” for The Weather Channel, “Combat Dealers” for Quest and “War Factories” for UKTV.
Following a transition period, Wag founder and CEO Martin Durkin stepped down at the end of 2021, handing over leadership to current COO Steven Green, who will become managing director.
Green will focus on further growing Wag Entertainment’s cross-platform slate in the U.K. and U.S., while expanding the business into Amg’s core European markets with factual entertainment, reality and documentary programming for TV networks and streaming platforms.
Asacha’s business focuses on the growth in demand for scripted and factual content from streaming platforms and TV networks across Europe and beyond. It launched in 2020 having acquired majority stakes in Italian production...
The Wag portfolio includes “What on Earth?” and “Strange Evidence” for Science Channel, “Weird Earth” for The Weather Channel, “Combat Dealers” for Quest and “War Factories” for UKTV.
Following a transition period, Wag founder and CEO Martin Durkin stepped down at the end of 2021, handing over leadership to current COO Steven Green, who will become managing director.
Green will focus on further growing Wag Entertainment’s cross-platform slate in the U.K. and U.S., while expanding the business into Amg’s core European markets with factual entertainment, reality and documentary programming for TV networks and streaming platforms.
Asacha’s business focuses on the growth in demand for scripted and factual content from streaming platforms and TV networks across Europe and beyond. It launched in 2020 having acquired majority stakes in Italian production...
- 2/11/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Asacha Media Group, the Paris-based production group founded last year by three former Endemol Shine and Zodiak executives, has acquired a majority stake in British production and distribution company Wag Entertainment for an undisclosed amount.
Wag was established in 1998 and the company’s slate includes Science Channel’s What On Earth?, which is in production on its seventh season, Combat Dealers for Discovery’s Quest, and UKTV’s War Factories.
As part of the deal, Wag CEO and founder Martin Durkin will step down at the end of 2021. He will be replaced by COO Steven Green, who will become the firm’s managing director following a transition period.
Wag’s most recent earnings showed it posted a profit of £7.7 million (£10.6M) in the 12 months to March 2020, up marginally on £7.3M the year before. The firm has £4.6M of cash in hand at the bank.
Asacha is building a portfolio of...
Wag was established in 1998 and the company’s slate includes Science Channel’s What On Earth?, which is in production on its seventh season, Combat Dealers for Discovery’s Quest, and UKTV’s War Factories.
As part of the deal, Wag CEO and founder Martin Durkin will step down at the end of 2021. He will be replaced by COO Steven Green, who will become the firm’s managing director following a transition period.
Wag’s most recent earnings showed it posted a profit of £7.7 million (£10.6M) in the 12 months to March 2020, up marginally on £7.3M the year before. The firm has £4.6M of cash in hand at the bank.
Asacha is building a portfolio of...
- 2/11/2021
- by Jake Kanter
- Deadline Film + TV
Do you believe? Do you want to believe? Science Channel‘s annual Are We Alone? week is back, starting Sunday, with a week full of unexplained encounters, current research, and possible UFO sightings to feed your interest and/or obsession. Here are all the deets:
Are We Alone? Week Makes Contact This March On Science Channel World Premiere Episodes of Close Encounters and a Special Episode of Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman begins on Sunday, March 2 at 10 Pm Et/Pt
(Silver Spring, Md.) — Seventy-four percent of Americans believe in the existence of aliens – and 15 million believe that they have actually made contact with extraterrestrials. This March, Science Channel returns with its programming event dedicated to one of mankind’s most pressing questions with Are We Alone? – a week-long campaign dedicated to satisfying viewers’ appetite for aliens. The week kicks off on Sunday, March 2 at 10 Pm Et/Pt with the...
Are We Alone? Week Makes Contact This March On Science Channel World Premiere Episodes of Close Encounters and a Special Episode of Through The Wormhole With Morgan Freeman begins on Sunday, March 2 at 10 Pm Et/Pt
(Silver Spring, Md.) — Seventy-four percent of Americans believe in the existence of aliens – and 15 million believe that they have actually made contact with extraterrestrials. This March, Science Channel returns with its programming event dedicated to one of mankind’s most pressing questions with Are We Alone? – a week-long campaign dedicated to satisfying viewers’ appetite for aliens. The week kicks off on Sunday, March 2 at 10 Pm Et/Pt with the...
- 2/28/2014
- by Erin Willard
- ScifiMafia
Writers, critics and campaigners give their view of Danny Boyle's spectacular curtain-raiser to the sporting spectacular
Ai Weiwei: It was about real people
Brilliant. It was very, very well done. This was about Great Britain; it didn't pretend it was trying to have global appeal. Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics. But for China that was the only imaginable kind of international event. Beijing's Olympics were very grand – they were trying to throw a party for the world, but the hosts didn't enjoy it. The government didn't care about people's feelings because it was trying to create an image.
In London, they really turned the ceremony into a party – they are proud of themselves and respect where they come from, from the industrial revolution to now. I never saw an event before that had such a density of information about events and stories...
Ai Weiwei: It was about real people
Brilliant. It was very, very well done. This was about Great Britain; it didn't pretend it was trying to have global appeal. Because Great Britain has self-confidence, it doesn't need a monumental Olympics. But for China that was the only imaginable kind of international event. Beijing's Olympics were very grand – they were trying to throw a party for the world, but the hosts didn't enjoy it. The government didn't care about people's feelings because it was trying to create an image.
In London, they really turned the ceremony into a party – they are proud of themselves and respect where they come from, from the industrial revolution to now. I never saw an event before that had such a density of information about events and stories...
- 7/28/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
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