Category: News

Drama! Ronn Moss! A Ghost! The Bay Really Has It All. 10 Play’s Scandalous New Web Series.

Posted on
Image from "The Bay"

You will have hours of face-slapping drama at your fingertips when multiple Emmy Award-winning drama series, The Bay, comes to its exclusive Aussie home of 10 Play. 

 

Premiering on Friday, 1 November, the entire first series boasting 14 jaw-dropping episodes will be available online, giving you the chance to Binge on The Bay throughout November.  

 

 

Featuring The Bold and the Beautiful favourite Ronn Moss, The Bayfollows the filthy rich and highly dysfunctional lives of Bay City residents who live in a town cursed by the spirit of a cruel politician.  

 

Centered around the family of socialite Sara Garrett (Mary Beth Evans, Days Of Our Lives), this slick web series takes you on a journey into the dark underbelly of Bay city where blackmail, sordid lovers and vindictive arch rivals are rife.

 

Riddled with forbidden love, malicious lies and endless scandals, The Bay will hook you in, throw a proverbial drink in your face and have you coming back for more.

 

Which is great news… because 10 Play has series two already tucked up its sleeve. We’re just waiting for them to come back after running off with our husband.

 

The Bay. 

Friday, 1 November.

Exclusive To 10 Play.

 

– Media release from Network 10

Share this

GRB Shares The New Normal

Posted on

GRB Studios is in Cannes with a slate of top-rated scripted titles, as well as powerful factual and unscripted series.

Listen (pictured) asks one important question: Can people with opposing views learn from one another? The documentary brings together ordinary people who are forced to spend time with someone who has conflicting opinions on important topics.

Five Parkland High School students cope with the aftermath of the mass shooting that left 17 of their classmates dead in documentary The New Normal.

In Highland: Thailand’s Marijuana Awakening, a growing community of Thai people meet to promote marijuana legalization. The three-part documentary explores marijuana’s role in changing the country’s laws and policies.

Each episode of docu-series Cinderella Bride records wedding planner Sheri Steffans and her team as they design dream weddings for deserving couples.

On the Case explores murder mysteries with interviews and commentary from witnesses and suspects. Experts also explain how forensic evidence solved the cases.

The New Normal

Real-life events are portrayed in Untold Stories of the E.R. The format, currently in its 13th season, reveals the dramatic nature of medical practice.

Iconic weapons are recreated by expert craftsmen in Man At Arms, hosted by Danny Trejo. Modeled after the weaponry from video games, movies, and comics, each creation is put to the test for its real-world functionality.

Page 16: http://www.videoagedaily.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=259&Itemid=232

Share this

Celebrity drives GRB Studios’ success

Posted on

US content producer and global distributor GRB Studios has completed a series of deals with international sales of celebrity-focused programmes.

The company is in Cannes celebrateing sales of documentary title Remembering Whitney to Globosat in Brazil, round-table interview series Close Up With Hollywood Reporter NBCU Latin American and MNET in South Africa, and docu0series Irreconsibale Differences to RTL Netherlands. GRB senior vice-president of international, Sarah Coursey, said the deals showed the continuing global interest in celebrity stories and documentaries covering real life in Hollywood. She said: “This content has a universal appeal. We keep one ear into the US market and one ear to the rest of the world.”

GRB is also in Cannes with a view to acquiring new content, including factual and documentary programming, as well as new formats for potential adaption in the US.

Page 40: https://issuu.com/mipmarkets/docs/mipcom_2019_news_1

Share this

GRB, Zig Zag forge unscripted co-pro partnership in US, UK

Posted on
Content and global distribution company GRB Studios and Zig Zag Productions have announced the inking of a co-production agreement which will see the two companies aligning on the shopping and production of selected unscripted projects in the US and UK.

zigzag grb 9Oct2019Under the agreement, Zig Zag and GRB will jointly shop mutually-chosen Zig Zag projects in the United States and mutually-chosen GRB projects in the UK. Any shows greenlit will be co-produced by the companies.

The two companies say one of the keys to their partnership is that they are quite similar in their approach to the international television business. They say that they have both earned “solid”, decades-long reputations in their home markets with a global view on production and distribution, and have created shows with universal appeal that have sold in many territories around the world.]

“GRB Studios is thrilled to partner with Zig Zag Productions, a consummate independent powerhouse company, very united with GRB’s goals,” said GRB’s new SVP of international, Sarah Coursey. “Our aim is to co-produce a number of compelling unscripted projects together that will appeal to a global audience, harnessing the best of both companies’ creative and business strengths.”

“We’re excited to be forming this strategic alliance to exploit mutually selected Zig Zag and GRB projects and formats for the US and UK markets,” added Zig Zag Productions managing director Matt Graff. “Creating an Anglo-American partnership between two strong independent players with proven excellence in creativity and production is an exciting prospect.”

https://www.rapidtvnews.com/2019100957493/grb-zig-zag-forge-unscripted-co-pro-partnership-in-us-uk.html#axzz62XI62buC

Share this

GRB Studios Sends Remembering Whitney to Brazil

Posted on
GRB Studios has inked a raft of deals for its celebrity-driven factual programming at MIPCOM. The one-hour documentary Remembering Whitney, which celebrates the legacy of the six-time Grammy winner and features footage of interviews with the pop icon, concerts, private home videos and candid insights from her family, has sold to Globosat in Brazil. The round table interview series Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter featuring A-list stars and directors such as Tom Hanks, Guillermo del Toro, Emma Stone, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon was picked up by NBCU Latin America and MNET in South Africa. RTL in the Netherlands acquired the docuseries Irreconcilable Differences, which sheds light on the inner workings of Hollywood’s most controversial breakups—from Caitlyn Jenner and Kris Kardashian, Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and others. Sarah Coursey, GRB Studios’ senior VP of international, said: “GRB is thrilled to provide compelling, celebrity-driven content to broadcasters across the globe, keeping audiences updated on the most current and exciting news and perspectives from the world’s biggest stars. Buyers looking for intriguing and in-depth stories and interviews featuring Hollywood A-Listers are consistently turning to GRB to entertain their audiences.”  

https://worldscreen.com/tvreal/grb-studios-sends-remembering-whitney-to-brazil/

Share this

GRB Studios Secures Celebrity-Driven Program Sales

Posted on

GRB Studios announced a host of celebrity-driven programming sales. Brazil’s Globo picked up documentaryRemembering Whitney, NBCU Latin America and South Africa’s MNET secured roundtable-interview series Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter, and RTL Netherlands acquired docu-series Irreconcilable Differences. Sarah Coursey, SVP of International at GRB Studios, said, “GRB is thrilled to provide compelling, celebrity-driven content to broadcasters across the globe, keeping audiences updated on the most current and exciting news and perspectives from the world’s biggest stars. Buyers looking for intriguing and in-depth stories and interviews featuring Hollywood A-Listers are consistently turning to GRB to entertain their audiences.”

-VideoAge Daily E-Beat 10/14/19

Share this

GRB Studios Partners With Zig Zag For Unscripted Content

Posted on

GRB Studios entered a co-production partnership with Zig Zag Productions. Under the agreement, GRB and Zig Zag will shop select Zig Zag projects in the U.S. and select GRB projects in the U.K. Any series greenlit will be co-produced by both GRB Studios and Zig Zag Productions.

Sarah Coursey, GRB Studios’ new SVP of International, remarked, “GRB Studios is thrilled to partner with Zig Zag Productions, a consummate independent powerhouse company, very united with GRB’s goals. Our aim is to co-produce a number of compelling unscripted projects together that will appeal to a global audience, harnessing the best of both companies’ creative and business strengths.” 

http://www.videoageinternational.net/2019/10/12/news/grb-studios-partners-with-zig-zag-for-unscripted-content/

Share this

MIPCOM: GRB Studios con grandes lanzamientos en crímenes, celebridades y deportes

Posted on
"On The Case"
Sarah Coursey, SVP International de de GRB Studios (USA), destacará en MIPCOM una sólida oferta de nuevos contenidos y temporadas de sus producciones más populares de MIPCOM.
Entre los nuevos lanzamientos están: Cinderella Bride que sigue a la planificadora de bodas Sheri Steffans mientras ella y su equipo le dan a las parejas merecedoras la boda de sus sueños; Lista (e) n: En este documental, la gente común se compara con un compañero que tiene puntos de vista opuestos sobre un tema importante. Highland: Thailand’s Marijuana Awakening está ambientada en el país del sudeste asiático, un país con una larga y complicada historia de marihuana; esta serie documental explora la creciente comunidad de tailandeses que luchan en una batalla para legalizar la marihuana; y en The NewNormal, los espectadores obtienen una mirada reveladora a 5 estudiantes de Parkland High School en USA, na escuela que se ocupa de las secuelas de un tiroteo masivo en el que 17 de sus compañeros de clase fueron asesinados. La compañía presenta nuevas temporadas de su clásico Untold Stories of the E.R., una serie médica que dramatiza historias intensas de la vida real de la sala de emergencias; Close Up with Hollywood Reporter, una serie de entrevistas en mesa redonda con las mejores estrellas y directores de películas y series de televisión del año; producido para Sundance TV, On The Caseexplora misterios de asesinatos intrigantes a través de entrevistas en profundidad con testigos y sospechosos; y Whacked Out es una serie de clips de alto impacto de percances deportivos, accidentes y bloopers de todo el mundo. Coursey explicó: ‘Nuestra oferta es sólida y variada, un catálogo multifacético de varios géneros factuales, desde series documentales reflexivas que cubren investigación de asesinatos, violencia armada y dramas médicos hasta estilo de vida, deportes y programación centrada en celebridades. Además, estamos buscando adquirir nuevos programas para continuar construyendo nuestra cartera, que ya tiene miles de horas de programación’.
"The New Normal"

https://prensario.tv/noticia?id=4268&vp

Share this

GRB Highlights Slate of Unscripted Titles for MIPCOM

Posted on

GRB Studios is counting among its new titles for MIPCOM Cinderella Bride, which follows wedding planner Sheri Steffans as she and her team give deserving couples their dream ceremony.

Another new title on offer is List(e)n, a documentary that sees ordinary people matched up with a partner who has opposing views on an important topic. The program focuses on culturally relevant issues such as birth control, gun policies and immigration. Highland: Thailand’s Marijuana Awakening, meanwhile, is set in Thailand, a country with a long and convoluted history surrounding marijuana. The docuseries explores the growing community of Thai people fighting a battle to legalize marijuana. GRB is also presenting the documentary The New Normal, following five students from Parkland High School, which is dealing with the aftermath of a mass shooting that saw 17 students lose their lives.

New seasons are available of Untold Stories of the E.R., a fast-paced medical series that dramatizes intense real-life stories of the emergency room, featuring the actual doctors who lived them. Murder mysteries are explored through in-depth interviews with witnesses and suspects in On the Case, which GRB Studios is showcasing. The roundtable interview series Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter features A-list stars and directors from the year’s most acclaimed films and television series, including Tom Hanks, Guillermo del Toro, Emma Stone, Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon and Matt Damon.

Rounding out the slate is Whacked Out, a high-impact clip series of sports mishaps, crashes and bloopers from around the globe.

“We [will be] at MIPCOM speaking with independent producers and encourage them to drop by our stand to learn about what we can offer as a 30-plus-year leader in content production and distribution, selling to hundreds of broadcasters and streaming partners, with an excellent reputation,” said Sarah Coursey, GRB’s senior VP of international. “GRB is very much in acquisitions mode, and we are aggressively scouting for new programs, both scripted and unscripted.”

She added, “GRB is thrilled to be bringing such a solid, varied slate of gripping new programs, and new seasons of our most popular shows, to MIPCOM. This season’s slate represents our multifaceted catalog of several factual genres—everything from thoughtful docuseries covering murder investigation, gun violence and medical drama to wedding lifestyle, sports and celebrity-focused programming. Additionally, we are vigorously seeking to acquire new programs to continue building our portfolio—which already holds thousands of hours of programming. We look forward to seeing our long-time partners and forging new relationships in Cannes.”

GRB Highlights Slate of Unscripted Titles for MIPCOM

Share this

GRB teams with Zig Zag

Posted on

California-based GRB Studios and UK indie Zig Zag Productions have signed a coproduction agreement through which the pair will team up on the shopping and production of selected unscripted projects in the US and UK.

Sarah Coursey

Under the deal, Zig Zag and GRB will jointly shop mutually chosen Zig Zag projects in the US and mutually chosen GRB projects in the UK. Any shows greenlit will be coproduced by both companies.

“Our aim is to coproduce a number of compelling unscripted projects together that will appeal to a global audience,” said Sarah Coursey, GRB’s senior VP of international, who arrived at the company over the summer.

The news comes after Zig Zag last month agreed a development and distribution deal with Nordic Entertainment Group-owned distributor DRG, under which Zig Zag will develop an original slate of unscripted content and formats that DRG will have the option to codevelop and distribute.

GRB teams with Zig Zag

Share this

GRB, Zig Zag team up for unscripted co-productions

Posted on

US producer-distributor GRB Studios has struck an unscripted co-production pact with UK indie Zig Zag Productions.

Under the deal, the two businesses will shop and produce unscripted projects between the US and UK, with Zig Zag taking out mutually chosen GRB projects in the UK and GRB shopping its partner’s titles Stateside.

Any projects that are greenlit will be co-produced by the two prodcos.

The deal was struck by GRB Studios’ SVP of international Sarah Coursey and Zig Zag MD Matt Graff.

GRB’s slate includes A&E series Intervention, TLC’s Untold Stories Of The ER and Nat Geo’s Showdown Of The Unbeatables, while Zig Zag’s recent credits are BBC Three’s Stacey Dooley: Face To Face With The Arms Dealers and Quest Red’s Killing Michael Jackson.

Coursey said: “GRB Studios is thrilled to partner with Zig Zag Productions, a consummate independent powerhouse company, very united with GRB’s goals. Our aim is to co-produce a number of compelling unscripted projects together that will appeal to a global audience, harnessing the best of both companies’ creative and business strengths.”

Graff added: “We’re excited to be forming this strategic alliance to exploit mutually selected Zig Zag and GRB projects and formats for the US and UK markets. Creating an Anglo-American partnership between two strong independent players with proven excellence in creativity and production is an exciting prospect.”

 

https://tbivision.com/2019/10/09/grb-zig-zag-team-up-for-unscripted-co-productions/

Share this

GRB Studios, Zig Zag Productions ink UK-U.S. co-production partnership

Posted on

Sherman Oaks-based indie prodco and distributor GRB Studios has penned a co-production partnership with London indie Zig Zag Productions.

Under the pact, the two companies will jointly shop and produce a selection of “mutually-chosen” non-scripted projects on both sides of the pond. As such, Zig Zag-created titles will be shopped in the U.S. and GRB-made ventures will likewise be looking for buyers in the UK.

All programs greenlit will be co-produced by the companies.

“Our aim is to co-produce a number of compelling unscripted projects together that will appeal to a global audience, harnessing the best of both companies’ creative and business strengths,” said GRB’s Sarah Coursey (pictured left), who recently joined the California company as SVP of international.

“We’re excited to be forming this strategic alliance to exploit mutually selected Zig Zag and GRB projects and formats for the U.S. and UK markets. Creating an Anglo-American partnership between two strong independent players with proven excellence in creativity and production is an exciting prospect” added Matt Graff (right), managing director of Zig Zag.

 

GRB Studios, Zig Zag Productions ink UK-U.S. co-production partnership

Share this

GRB Studios & Zig Zag Enter Co-Pro Pact

Posted on

GRB Studios and Zig Zag Productions have signed a co-production agreement for a slate of unscripted projects in the U.S. and U.K.

Under the partnership, Zig Zag and GRB will jointly shop mutually chosen Zig Zag projects in the U.S. and mutually chosen GRB projects in the U.K. Any shows greenlit will be co-produced by the companies.

GRB Studios’ new senior VP of international, Sarah Coursey, said: “GRB Studios is thrilled to partner with Zig Zag Productions, a consummate independent powerhouse company, very united with GRB’s goals. Our aim is to co-produce a number of compelling unscripted projects together that will appeal to a global audience, harnessing the best of both companies’ creative and business strengths.”

Matt Graff, managing director of Zig Zag Productions, added: “We’re excited to be forming this strategic alliance to exploit mutually selected Zig Zag and GRB projects and formats for the U.S. and U.K. markets. Creating an Anglo-American partnership between two strong independent players with proven excellence in creativity and production is an exciting prospect.”

GRB Studios & Zig Zag Enter Co-Pro Pact

 

Share this

Content Watch MIPCOM 2019: GRB Studios feature

Posted on

GRB Studios has unveiled its highlights for MIPCOM. In documentary ‘Listen’ (1×90’),we follow ordinary people as they areforced to spend time with someone who has opposing views on an important topic. Will they be able to learn from each other? ‘The New Normal’ (1×90’) follows 5 Parkland High School students dealing with the aftermath of a mass shooting in which 17 of their classmates were murdered. ‘Highland: Thailand’s Marijuana Awakening’ (3×30’) is set in Thailand where, far from the tourists and the tropical beaches, there is a growing community of Thai people fighting a battle to legalize marijuana. Each episode of docu-series ‘Cinderella Bride’ (6×30’) follows wedding planner Sheri Steffans as she and her team give deserving couples their dream wedding. And in ‘On The Case’ (194×60’),we explore intriguing murder mysteries through in-depth interviews with witnesses and suspects and examine the forensic evidence that helped unravel the mystery. 

Produced for Discovery ID. In ‘Untold Stories Of The E.R.’ (150×60’) real stories demonstrate the dramatic nature of medicine practiced under pressure. Currently in its 13th season, the series is produced for TLC. In ‘Man at Arms’ (8×60’), expert craftsmen recreate iconic weapons from video games, movies, and comics. Then, each creation is tested for its strength and realworld functionality. Hosted by Danny Trejo. 

And ‘Close Up With the Hollywood Reporter’ (42×60’) is a roundtable interview series featuring the hottest A-list stars and directors from the year’s most acclaimed films and television series. ‘Whacked Out Sports’ (100×30’) features hysterical professional and amateur sports mishaps, crashes, and bloopers from all around the world. Second season is now available. And in ‘Showdown of the Unbeatables’ (9×60’), inventors and entrepreneurs pit their unique products and machines against each other in the ultimate head-to-head battle. Produced for National Geographic Channel.

http://www.insidetv.info/mag2/insidetvMIPCOM2019.pdf (GRB pg 39)

Share this