Note: the individual brands of superindies are listed in brackets. See Televisual’s September issue for the full Production 100 report. Since the list below was published, Sony has acquired Left Bank and ITV Studios has acquired So Television. Although programme budgets remain under pressure and margins are being squeezed, producers say that they are winning commissions from a wider range of broadcasters both in the UK and abroad. Many of the indies surveyed say that business is good, and they expect it to continue being so next year. Other new names to the Production 100 this year include Wide-Eyed Entertainment, Bigger Pictures, Rise, ClearStory and Airborne.įor the second year in a row, the indie business seems to be in distinctly better shape than the wider economy. 24 Hours in A&E producer The Garden makes its first entry this year at number 50, less than two years since launching. Fellow drama producers Warp Films and Ruby Films, who have diversified into TV from film production, are also new entrants. 20th Century Fox obtained the film rights to the team and other related characters in 1994 for 2,600,000. The highest new entrant this year is Call The Midwife producer Neal Street Productions. X-Men is an American superhero film series based on the Marvel Comics superhero team of the same name. Absent from 2012’s list is last year’s fourth biggest company Hit Entertainment, which was swallowed by US toy firm Mattel last October. Other factual indies to do well include Raw TV, Jamie Oliver’s indie Fresh One, Love Productions, Betty, Keo Films, Blast Films and Minnow Films.įallers this year include the Ten Alps group, where turnover has halved to £9.5m, and Endemol where turnover has fallen by over £50m to £187m. My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding producer Firecracker is clearly riding a wave with revenues up from £8.9m to £13.4m year on year. Higher up the list, NBC Universal (owner of Downton Abbey producer Carnival Films), Hat Trick, Left Bank and Impossible have also seen impressive rises in turnover. Big Talk and Red have also posted solid gains on the year. Baby Cow, for example, has almost doubled its turnover, while Sherlock producer Hartswood Films has trebled its revenues. Many have had a very good year indeed.ĭrama and comedy indies have done well, reflecting an upturn in commissioning by broadcasters in these genres. The superindie behind Fresh Meat, Embarrassing Bodies, TOWIE, Midsomer Murders and Peep Show comprises 20 companies in the UK and abroad, and achieved UK revenues of £286m, up from £261m last year.Įlisabeth Murdoch’s Shine Group climbed from fifth to second place this year on revenues of £190.7m, while Endemol dropped one place to third with revenues of £187m.Įlsewhere, there’s been plenty of movement in the Production 100 rankings among medium to small sized indies. All3Media has taken the top spot for the fifth year in a row in the Production 100, Televisual’s annual survey and ranking of the independent TV production sector.
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