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Pukeko Pictures
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Dealing with Covid-19: Forward thinking from New Zealand
TBI’s coverage exploring the impact of Covid-19 on the TV industry takes us to New…
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BBC Three online deal Oz drama Cleverman
BBC Three has acquired its first overseas drama since moving to an online, over-to-top distribution…
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Cleverman studio appoints scripted dev chief
Pukeko Pictures, the New Zealand-based producer behind new drama Cleverman, has appointed a head of…
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SundanceTV, ABC board sci-fi drama
SundanceTV in the US and Australia’s ABC are attached to a new big-budget drama epic…
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Pukeko names new chief as Smith exits
New Zealand’s Pukeko Pictures has named a new CEO after previous incumbent Andrew Smith took…
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China: taking care of business
Pukeko Pictures’ CEO Andrew Smith questions how well international executives understand the Chinese film and…
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News brief: WotWots returning to Channel 5
UK free-to-air broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered a second series of animated kids series The…
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International Studios: Drama Studies
For a week in May the attention of the TV world is focused on Hollywood…
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China’s CCTV buys more WotWots
Chinese public broadcaster CCTV has acquired more episodes of The WotWots, the preschool series produced…