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The Qatar Investment Authority has joined Providence Equity Partners and Apollo as a major investor in The North Road Company, the global, multi-genre studio launched last year by Peter Chernin. The $150 million from QIA will support the firm’s ongoing expansion, building on launch funds that…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Kinetic Content has landed the rights to Grady Hendrix's forthcoming sci-fi comedic novella BadAsstronauts to develop as a half-hour television series, with Aperture Entertainment. Described as The Right Stuff meets King of the Hill, BadAsstronauts is about ordinary Americans…

Kevin and Frankie Jonas are challenging celebrity relatives to go undercover in a new unscripted series for ABC. The Disney-owned network has ordered Claim to Fame, which comes from Love Is Blind and Married At First Sight producer Kinetic Content. The series will challenge 12 celebrity relatives to step outside their…

A new reality series is on its way from Netflix, and it’s challenging relationships by forcing show participants to commit or split from their partners. From the creators of Love is Blind, The Ultimatum: Marry or Move On, will see 6 couples put their love to the test, as they are split from their respective partners…

In a competitive situation involving multiple bidders, Will Packer Media and Kinetic Content, a Red Arrow Studios company, have secured the rights to Tia Williams’ novel, Seven Days in June to adapt for television. The book, just released June 8 by Grand Central Publishing, debuted on The New York Times Best Seller…

During the middle of the pandemic, Kinetic Content scored a six season renewal for Married At First Sight at Lifetime – thought to be one of the largest ever orders. It came a few months after the Red Arrow-backed company had found success with social experiment/dating format Love Is Blind at Netflix – a show that…

WME Partner and Literary Agent Melissa Myers has been named President and Partner of a new venture between Kinetic Content founder and CEO Chris Coelen, and Red Arrow Studios. Set to focus on premium high-end English-language scripted TV series with both domestic and global appeal, the venture will harness creativity…

EXCLUSIVE: Former WME Partner and literary agent Melissa Myers has been named President and Partner of a new venture between Kinetic Content founder and CEO Chris Coelen, and Red Arrow Studios, the production division of European media company ProSiebenSat.1. This marks an expansion into scripted for Red Arrow Studios…

EXCLUSIVE: In one of the largest orders ever, Lifetime has picked up six new seasons — Seasons 12-17 —  of its flagship reality series Married at First Sight. Additionally, Lifetime has greenlighted a new spinoff series, Married at First Sight: Unmatchables with an eight-episode order and has given a blind commitment…

In Love Is Blind, Chris Coelen engineered a social experiment, designed to answer major two questions: Can love conquer all? And can people fall in love without ever seeing one another? Hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, the Netflix reality series follows 30 men and women that hope to be loved for who they are on the…

EXCLUSIVE: Showrunner-producer Scott Teti (Spy Games) is expanding his relationship with Kinetic Content, signing an exclusive production deal with the Red Arrow Studios company. Teti is currently executive producer on Spy Games, which Kinetic launched last month on Bravo. Teti will now exclusively produce and develop…

EXCLUSIVE: Following the strong ratings performance of Casey Anthony: Her Friends Speak on Reelz, the cable network is turning the special into a series franchise. Reelz has given an initial four-episode order to The Friends Speak, from Kinetic Content and Pyramid Productions. The series will debut with Jodi Arias: The…