The BBC and production company Sugar Films has hit back at a lawsuit by The Cosby Show producer Carsey-Werner that the two firms had infringed copyright in documentary Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon. The broadcaster and British firm were the subject of the claim in California federal court at the end of last…

EXCLUSIVE: Sky-backed UK production company Sugar Films, run by former BBC and Travel Channel U.S exec Pat Younge, has lost two of its senior team with Nav Raman and Lucy Pilkington leaving the company.

I hear that Raman has decided to set up her own factual entertainment indie, Chatterbox Media, with Alison Quirk, who…

Amsterdam-based indie distributor Lineup Industries has sold two formats to Critical Content which launched in January under former Relativity TV exec Tom Forman and Andrew Marcus. Under the deals, Critical has taken options to produce U.S. versions of talk show/buddy comedy, Radio Gaga and hidden camera series What Th…

UK TV execs Pat Younge, Narinder Minhas and Lucy Pilkington are launching Sugar Films, a London- and Cardiff-based TV production and digital media indie. The focus will be on integrating television content, digital production and creative solutions to create “bold, diverse and provocative content.” Those will include…