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Boss of ‘Day of the Jackal’ Producer Sky Studios Says ‘Pain in Transition’ Being Felt Across TV Industry Will Likely Continue ‘For a Few More Years’
Cecile Frot-Coutaz was speaking at Series Mania and asserted it was still possible to make great programming despite the industry challenges
Shows such as “Day of the Jackal” — with an A-list lead in Eddie Redmayne — don’t come cheap, and Meghan Lyvers, exec director of original scripted TV, film for Sky UK and Ireland said it required a partner, which it found in-house. “We’re really happy that we have Peacock in our Comcast family to partner on that as a co-production,” she noted, but added that Sky also co-produced “Sweatpea,” this time alongside Starz. “Specifically if you’re speaking to the UK market, every producer right now is feeling the pain of trying to make the most ambitious shows, but with the cost of production rising, and the deals for particularly for talent not having come down in the way that I think people probably predicted they would,” she said.
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