Canadian indie Cream Productions has become the latest television prodco to launch a dedicated podcast division.
David Brady
Cream Podcasts will create, develop and produce non-fiction audio programming with a focus on original content and spin-offs of their televised and streaming programming.
The production company’s new arm will debut its first podcast docuseries, CNN Audio’s Behind the Desk: The Story of Late Night, a companion to its CNN original series The Story of Late Night, on April 22.
The initial slate includes My Pop’s Culture, a 10-part funny and informative podcast hosted by Marshall Kaplan and his son Ben that bridges the wide pop-culture gap between the Gen-X and Millennial generations. Carol Burnett, Carol Baskin, Trixie Mattel and Gilbert Gottfried are already booked as guests for its summer release.
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Cream Productions Launches Podcast Division
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The Canadian production company Cream Productions has unveiled its new podcast division, which will create, develop and produce nonfiction audio programming with a focus on original content and spin-offs of its televised and streaming programming.
Cream Podcasts is set to debut its first podcast docuseries, CNN Audio’s
Behind the Desk: The Story of Late Night, on April 22. The podcast is a companion to the CNN original series
The Story of Late Night, which premieres on May 2.
Cream is currently in full swing with
My Pop’s Culture, a ten-part funny and informative podcast hosted by father Marshall Kaplan and son Ben that bridges the wide pop-culture gap between the Gen-X and Millennial generations, delving into a variety of topics. Already on board to join the conversations are such famous names as Carol Burnett, Carol Baskin, Trixie Mattel, Gilbert Gottfried.
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WorldScreenings: Cineflix Rights
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There has been strong momentum building and continued growth on the scripted side of Cineflix Rights’ business, with projects coming from both Cineflix Studios and third-party producers. “The deal for the Israeli series
Tehran with Apple TV+ was the most significant of those, but we’ve also been successfully rolling out
Coroner,
The Minister, Mirage and
Happily Married through further international deals,” says Chris Bonney, CEO Rights, Cineflix Media. “It’s been pleasing to see the market reacting so positively to our scripted slate.”
The company is building on this momentum with new drama titles such as
Cream Productions launches podcast division, Cream Podcasts Canadian prodco Cream Productions is getting into the podcast game, with the announcement of the launch of its podcast division.
Cream Podcasts will create, develop and produce non-fiction audio programming with a . April 15, 2021
Canadian prodco Cream Productions is getting into the podcast game, with the announcement of the launch of its podcast division.
Cream Podcasts will create, develop and produce non-fiction audio programming with a focus on original content and spin-offs of its TV and streaming programming.
The division’s first podcast docuseries, CNN Audio’s
Behind the Desk: The Story of Late Night, premieres April 22 and is a companion to its CNN Original Series,
Crime-solving cafe owner Kerry Godliman in Whitstable Pearl
UK distributor Cineflix Rights has unveiled a slate of scripted and factual content for next week’s Digital MipTV, led by crime drama Whitstable Pearl.
Six-part procedural Whitstable Pearl stars Kerry Godliman (Derek, After Life) as a crime-solving cafe owner. It is produced by Cineflix-owned Buccaneer Media for Acorn TV, the AMC Networks-owned platform hosting UK content for a foreign audience.
Another crime offering is Rebecca (8×60’), a French series made locally by Elephant for French broadcaster TF1. Based on Cineflix’s ITV series Marcella, which has run since 2016, the show sees Parisian police officer Rebecca return to the force after six years away, only to find that her previous target is also back.