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Endemol Shine has found that there is no gender pay gap at the British super indie, while other firms including ITN face a starker challenge as the figures for pay between men and women in the British television business have started to emerge. Endemol Shine UK has discovered that there was no pay gap between genders…

Endemol Shine UK has added entertainment and factual producer Sharp Jack TV as a new label inside the group. Ex-ITV Studios Creative Heads Elliot Johnson and Amanda Wilson, who founded the company in 2011, are joining ESUK as Joint Managing Directors of Sharp Jack. Credits include series Four Heads, Scorchio and Queer…

After 12 years with UK producer Tiger Aspect, Sophie Clarke-Jervoise is stepping down from her role as managing director. Ben Cavey, currently managing firector of Tiger Aspect's comedy label Cave Bear, and Will Gould, joint managing director of Tiger Aspect Drama, will replace her as co-MDs. Part of Endemol Shine UK…

With Britain's official exit from the European Union on the horizon, UK creative industries have pooled together and called upon the government to work with them to construct a framework that will protect the sector and identify potential opportunities in a post-Brexit world. Around 500 people from the UK's creative…

Endemol Shine UK is growing its online footprint with two separate acquisitions. The company says it has bought short-form and branded content production house Electric Robin along with digital talent management firm OP Talent. The companies will augment the existing commercial department which already includes…

The increased consolidation of UK indies continues with acquisitions of stakes in two production companies made separately by Endemol Shine UK and FremantleMedia. Endemol has picked up a 50% share in Douglas Road, the outfit founded last year by actor and comedian Lenny Henry and BAFTA-winning producer Barbara Emile…

Founded in 2008 by award-winning illustrator, animator and director Simon Tofield, London-based Simon’s Cat is behind the eponymous digital comedy series that has logged over 650M views on YouTube with 3.5M subscribers. In a deal for which financials were not revealed, Endemol Shine UK has taken a controlling stake in…

The newly-formed Endemol Shine UK is launching a new scripted label, adding to its heft in the British drama sector. Bandit Television will be run by veteran Phillippa Giles who joins from BBC Drama. She has been named Managing Director. Giles’ credits include Idris Elba series Luther and procedural Silent…

Lucinda Hicks has been appointed COO of Endemol Shine UK.  Currently joint MD of group production company Dragonfly, Hicks will work with recently appointed Endemol Shine UK CEO, Richard Johnston and Chairman Lucas Church in supporting the UK-based companies and labels which fall under the newly combined UK…