International format sales veteran Siobhan Crawford, who helped bring The Mole to Netflix, is launching a distribution business ahead of Mipcom.
She has teamed with Free Kings, the Belgian production house behind the local version of Bake Off, to create the UK-based Glow Media, which will debut at the Cannes confab next month.
Crawford left her post as Head of Sales and Acquisitions at Belgian distributor Primitives in April this year, as Deadline reported at the time, after brokering an agreement to bring back clandestine reality format The Mole on Netflix. The show launched on the streamer this month.
Glow will focus on unscripted distribution, with a focusing on “illuminating good original content, at any stage, and connect markets.” It plans to build a catalogue of original and third-party titles, and Crawford will be on the ground dealmaking in Cannes.
“No path to market looks the same for formats,” said Crawford,...
She has teamed with Free Kings, the Belgian production house behind the local version of Bake Off, to create the UK-based Glow Media, which will debut at the Cannes confab next month.
Crawford left her post as Head of Sales and Acquisitions at Belgian distributor Primitives in April this year, as Deadline reported at the time, after brokering an agreement to bring back clandestine reality format The Mole on Netflix. The show launched on the streamer this month.
Glow will focus on unscripted distribution, with a focusing on “illuminating good original content, at any stage, and connect markets.” It plans to build a catalogue of original and third-party titles, and Crawford will be on the ground dealmaking in Cannes.
“No path to market looks the same for formats,” said Crawford,...
- 9/28/2022
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
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