STV On Verge Of Acquiring ‘Lego Masters’ Production Group Greenbird From Keshet International
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Scotland’s STV is close to acquiring on-the-block Lego Masters production group Greenbird Media from Keshet International (KI), Deadline understands.
The deal could be unveiled imminently, it is thought, and may amount to a figure in the tens of millions of pounds. Having been acquired from BBC Studios (then BBC Worldwide) in 2018, Greenbird, which is run by Jamie Munro and Stuart Mullin, was placed on the block by Keshet last year, according to a report in TBI.
Headquartered in Scotland, STV is a listed broadcasting and production company that turned over £138M last year. Its production arm, STV Studios, is making the likes of Apple TV+ drama Criminal Record and was behind Channel 4’s Screw.
MD David Mortimer recently told Broadcast he wants STV Studios to be the “biggest nations and regions indie.” When the deal closes, it would hand STV minority stakes in the likes of Lego Masters maker Tuesday’s Child, X Files EP Frank Spotnitz’s indie Big Light Productions and Joe Lycett’s Got Your Back producer Rumpus Media.
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