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EXCLUSIVE: Nailed It! and Hell’s Kitchen production group Tinopolis has made its latest peace offer to a group of angry former producers, who are owed £50 million ($70 million) by the company after a controversial financial restructuring. Around 15 producers, including Magical Elves founders Dan Cutforth and Jane…

Tinopolis has completed a major financial restructuring and recapitalization after being badly hit by the coronavirus crisis — but the move has reportedly angered producers who will stand to lose money after selling their business to the Hell’s Kitchen production group. UK-headquartered Tinopolis announced the…

Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz are exiting Magical Elves, the production company behind hits such as Top Chef, Project Runway and Nailed It, which they co-founded in 2001. The Emmy-winning producers will remain partners and are expected to launch a new company as as independent producers. Meanwhile, Magical Elves will…

International TV producer and distributor Tinopolis Group has bought back the shares of private equity group Vitruvian to take full ownership of the company as it heads into a next growth stage. Vitruvian invested in Tinopolis in 2008 and under the partnership, saw Tinopolis become one of the largest independent…

Indie producer and distributor Tinopolis Group has appointed David Mortimer to the new role of Director of Content. The exec will be responsible for UK content direction and performance, working with Tinopolis' production companies there and in the U.S. to develop a strong transatlantic production strategy. Mortimer…

The UK’s Tinopolis Group is bolstering its U.S. presence with the acquisition of Magical Elves. Jane Lipsitz and Dan Cutforth lead the Emmy-winning Magical Elves which was founded in 2001 and makes such shows as Top Chef and Cold Justice. It also developed and produced Project Runway for Bravo (now on Lifetime). On…

Sally Miles’ UK-based Passion Distribution exclusively distributes content for U.S. broadcasters and producers including Scripps Network International, Sundance Channel, OWN, The Weather Channel and World of Wonder. Growing indie producer/distributor Tinopolis has acquired the four-year-old company to expand its…

John Brenkus and Mickey Stern’s BASE Prods. has become the latest U.S. independent production company in the unscripted TV space to be acquired by a large European company. UK's Tinopolis Group has bought BASE, which has offfices in Washington, DC and Los Angeles, as well as its catalog that includes such programs as…

Insiders are speculating the deal is worth upwards of $100 million: London / Los Angeles – June 28, 2011 – The Tinopolis Group and A. Smith & Co. Productions announced today that the two entities have joined forces by bringing A. Smith & Co. and its decade of success developing and producing some of the most notable…