Beta Backs ‘Living’ Producer Number 9 Films’ New TV Division; Kate Laffey To Lead Small Screen Subsidiary
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Here’s a big one in the European M&A world. Beta Film has taken a stake in Number 9 TV, a new small screen subsidiary of Carol and Living producer Number 9 Films.
Number 9 TV will be helmed by Kate Laffey, who has left her role running Paramount TV International Studios in the UK. She becomes Head of TV as the London indie expands its business to series.
The move is German major Beta’s first of its kind in the UK. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. Beta said the partnership will combine Number 9’s creative expertise with The Swarm seller’s experienced in developing, financing and distributing TV and film.
Beta has around 30 labels including Sweden’s Unlimited Stories, X Filme Creative Pool and Italy’s Cross Productions. Number 9 was founded more than 20 years ago by award-winning producers Elizabeth Karlsen and Stephen Woolley.
Read more on deadline.com
