London – German TV networks giant ProSiebenSat.1 said Thursday that its TV production unit Red Arrow Entertainment has acquired a majority stake in U.S. reality TV producer Half Yard Productions. Half Yard is the company behind TLC hit show Say Yes to the Dress and also produces Nat Geo's Diggers and Animal Planet's Hillbilly Handfishin’, among other shows. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Photos: TV’s Top Offices: Where the Showrunners of 'Mad Men,' 'New Girl,' 'Sons of Anarchy,' Work and Play Half Yard, launched in 2006, will continue to be run by founders and co-CEOs Abby Greensfelder and Sean
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- 2/27/2014
- by Georg Szalai
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Yet another U.S.-based unscripted production company is being snapped up by an European conglom. Munich-based Red Arrow Entertainment Group has acquired a majority stake in Half Yard Prods., which has offices in New York and Bethesda, MD. Founded in 2006 by Sean Gallagher and Abby Greensfelder, Half Yard focuses on reality series, factual entertainment and documentaries. It is the top producer of wedding programming in the Us with Say Yes to the Dress, I Found the Gown and Randy to the Rescue for TLC. The company’s portfolio also includes Diggers on Nat Geo, How the States Got Their Shapes on History, Hillbilly Handfishin; on Animal Planet and American Loggers on Discovery. Gallagher and Greensfelder will continue as co-CEOs. Half Yard joins Red Arrow’s other Us production holdings, Kinetic Content, Fabrik Entertainment and Left/Right Prods.
- 2/27/2014
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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