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EXCLUSIVE: Rollercoaster Television has go a standalone indie arsenic ITV Studios concludes its finance aft 5 years.
The UK indie, which was down Neil Patrick Harris show What’s successful nan Box? for Netflix, is rebranding arsenic Rollercoaster Studios and has struck a accumulation and distribution woody pinch ITV Studios successful lieu of nan investment.
Rollercoaster, which is tally by ex-Remarkable bosses James Fox and Dom Waugh, launched successful nan summertime of 2021 and astatine that constituent was wholly owned by ITV. Since then, it has been down What’s successful nan Box?, a title show successful which pairs of contestants look disconnected successful trivia rounds racing to correctly conjecture what’s wrong each box. Rollercoaster has besides produced 2 seasons of ITV’s You Bet! reboot hosted by Stephen Mulhern and Holly Willoughby.
“Large-scale entertainment” will proceed to beryllium Rollercoaster Studios’ attraction but it will besides push into talent-led podcasts, vodcasts and digital-first content, it said.
Fox and Waugh are some staying on, on pinch accumulation main Sarah Boyce.
Fox and Waugh said: “We’re incredibly proud of what we’ve created truthful acold pinch ITV Studios but it’s clip to evolve. Our ambition for nan early is to return strategical advantage of world opportunities successful formats and storytelling, focusing connected multiplatform audiences.”
ITV Studios unscripted leader Tim Carter called nan brace “dynamic intermezo producers pinch a proven track-record of processing and overseeing galore successful deed shows.”
ITV Studios doesn’t often extremity its finance successful indies. In 2024, Israeli indie Armoza Formats near ITV Studios aft laminitis Avi Armoza bought his explanation back.
