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The UK's National Film and Television School's (NFTS) Board of Governors has named Sophie Turner Laing, former CEO of Endemol Shine and MD of Sky, as its new chair. Turner Laing succeeds Patrick McKenna and becomes the School's first female chair. McKenna will step down in August having held the post since 2013…

Sophie Turner Laing is to step down as the CEO of Endemol Shine Group next week after Banijay Group completed its $2.2BN takeover of the production giant. Turner Laing has run MasterChef and Big Brother producer Endemol Shine since 2014, but will step down on July 10 and Banijay Group CEO Marco Bassetti will take…

The winners of the 46th annual International Emmy Awards were announced this evening with Spain’s Money Heist (also known as La casa de papel) winning for Best Drama and Nevsu from Israel walking away with the trophy for Best Comedy. Hosted by comedian and The Problem With Apu producer Hari Kondabolu at the New York…

Sophie Turner Laing, boss of Endemol Shine Group, is to receive a special award at this year's International Emmys. CEO Turner Laing is to receive the International Academy’s 2018 Directorate Emmy® Award at the event, which is held in New York on November 19. The award is to recognize her work overseeing Endemol Shine…

Endemol Shine Group CEO Sophie Turner Laing sat for an international keynote at NATPE in Miami this morning and made it clear she’s pleased the past year is over. The production and distribution giant is the result of a merger of Endemol, Shine and Core Media which has gone through a period of integration in the last…

In the latest executive departure from Endemol Shine Group, finance chief Edwin van Es is prepping to leave this summer. Van Es was appointed to his role in the merged company in late 2014 after a decade at Endemol, and oversaw the integration of Endemol, Shine and Core Media over the past year. The news follows…

In her first major speech since taking over the post of CEO of Endemol Shine Group, Sophie Turner Laing today sounded a defense of the TV business, and offered up considerations for the future of the fast-evolving landscape. In a talk that might have been just as suited for the UK’s prestigious MacTaggart Lecture, the…

Three months after Endemol Shine Group laid out the top executive structure for its international operations, Co-CEO Gary Carter has announced his departure from the company. Calling it a “difficult and very personal decision,” Carter said, “In the last three months as the new group formed and the integration gathered…

UPDATE, MONDAY 1:55 AM PT: Following yesterday’s news that Sophie Turner Laing is primed to be CEO of the proposed Shine, Endemol and Core mega-indie, Shine Group CEO Alex Mahon has confirmed she will leave the company. The move was expected, and the exec has announced her departure to staff internally. Mahon will…

Longtime Sky executive Sophie Turner Laing is stepping down from her position as Managing Director of Content later this year, the 21st Century Fox-controlled company said today. Turner Laing has been with Sky for 11 years and has led the expansion of its portfolio of entertainment channels, with the launch of Sky Atla…

Sky in late July announced its fall original TV line-up. New comedy shows include Gates, script-edited by Jennifer Saunders (Absolutely Fabulous); Starlings, executive produced by Steve Coogan; and Spy, starring Brit TV mainstay Robert Lindsay about a father and son who are both secret agents. Fall dramas include the…

EXCLUSIVE: Three U.S. networks, including at least one cable channel, are in what BSkyB calls a bidding war for Hit and Miss, its first original drama for its Sky Atlantic channel. Hit and Miss, starring Chloe Sevigny as a pre-op hitwoman, is the first original show BSkyB has made for flagship channel Sky Atlantic…