NBCUniversal has reworked its workplace guidelines for reality TV series, amid a push for unionization among unscripted talent, TheWrap has learned. It will be expanding existing protocols, including alcohol trainings and mental health support.
Chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment, Frances Berwick, issued a note to the external production companies NBCU works with on signature series Friday, detailing its list of modifications to its company conduct guidelines.
“As you know, for the past several years, NBCUniversal has provided workplace conduct guidelines to the production companies who produce unscripted programming for its networks and platforms,” Berwick wrote. “These include requirements that the production companies must adopt, including anti-discrimination and harassment policies, mandatory trainings on how to maintain a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace for all cast and crew, channels for cast and crew to report any issues of concern, instructions on when production companies must notify NBCU of potential policy violations, and protocols for NBCU oversight of investigations.
Chairman of NBCUniversal Entertainment, Frances Berwick, issued a note to the external production companies NBCU works with on signature series Friday, detailing its list of modifications to its company conduct guidelines.
“As you know, for the past several years, NBCUniversal has provided workplace conduct guidelines to the production companies who produce unscripted programming for its networks and platforms,” Berwick wrote. “These include requirements that the production companies must adopt, including anti-discrimination and harassment policies, mandatory trainings on how to maintain a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace for all cast and crew, channels for cast and crew to report any issues of concern, instructions on when production companies must notify NBCU of potential policy violations, and protocols for NBCU oversight of investigations.
- 9/22/2023
- by Raquel 'Rocky' Harris
- The Wrap
Since Bravo’s “Real Housewives of New York” star Bethenny Frankel called for reality stars to join striking writers and actors on the picket line, her “reality TV reckoning” has picked up support from SAG-AFTRA and prompted legal action, but some insiders are cynical how far Frankel’s efforts will go to substantially transform the industry.
“Like anything that is a movement, or a revolution, it takes a lot of different factors to come together, and I don’t know that this time, there are those factors happening,” unscripted producer Justin Hochberg, who has served as an EP on shows including “The Apprentice” and “Buying Beverly Hills,” told TheWrap, adding that the infrastructure for reality doesn’t exist in the same way that unions and guilds support the rest of the industry.
“It’s harder to start that [movement] for reality TV than it is for SAG-AFTRA to go on strike...
“Like anything that is a movement, or a revolution, it takes a lot of different factors to come together, and I don’t know that this time, there are those factors happening,” unscripted producer Justin Hochberg, who has served as an EP on shows including “The Apprentice” and “Buying Beverly Hills,” told TheWrap, adding that the infrastructure for reality doesn’t exist in the same way that unions and guilds support the rest of the industry.
“It’s harder to start that [movement] for reality TV than it is for SAG-AFTRA to go on strike...
- 9/13/2023
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
Fans of “The Voice” will soon be able to jump into a new immersive virtual world where they can create music, show off their dancing skills, compete in battles, win digital merch — and even audition to be on an upcoming season of the reality-competition series.
“The Voice Studios,” from ITV Studios and metaverse developer Virtual Brand Group, is set to debut May 12. The global launch of the Roblox-style virtual world is timed for the final weeks of Season 23 of “The Voice” on NBC. ITV Studios’ “The Voice” currently airs in 148 versions around the world, including on NBC.
Free for anyone to access, “The Voice Studios” will be located in Vegas City, the entertainment destination in metaverse platform Decentraland (at this link). Its launch follows a virtual pop-up event for “The Voice” last year at the Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival that also was created by Vbg.
In a specially created NBC...
“The Voice Studios,” from ITV Studios and metaverse developer Virtual Brand Group, is set to debut May 12. The global launch of the Roblox-style virtual world is timed for the final weeks of Season 23 of “The Voice” on NBC. ITV Studios’ “The Voice” currently airs in 148 versions around the world, including on NBC.
Free for anyone to access, “The Voice Studios” will be located in Vegas City, the entertainment destination in metaverse platform Decentraland (at this link). Its launch follows a virtual pop-up event for “The Voice” last year at the Decentraland Metaverse Music Festival that also was created by Vbg.
In a specially created NBC...
- 5/10/2023
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
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At first, real estate agent Farrah Brittany was unsure if she wanted to do the new Netflix series Buying Beverly Hills, which charts the inner workings of The Agency, founded by her stepfather Mauricio Umansky.
“I definitely had qualms. Because, obviously, we’re making a show about our profession,” she said at the November premiere party for the new Netflix series, held at Wheelhouse LA. “Everything you do, you’re looking through the lens of, ‘How is this going to be received by our clients, by viewers?’ We want to look professional. So, I was definitely nervous.”
However, Brittany was heartened by the fact that Buying Beverly Hills — the latest in a slew of real-estate-focused reality shows including Oppenheim Group’s Selling Sunset, Million Dollar Listing, and the new Selling the Oc — actually features the intricacies of luxury real estate deals and transactions.
At first, real estate agent Farrah Brittany was unsure if she wanted to do the new Netflix series Buying Beverly Hills, which charts the inner workings of The Agency, founded by her stepfather Mauricio Umansky.
“I definitely had qualms. Because, obviously, we’re making a show about our profession,” she said at the November premiere party for the new Netflix series, held at Wheelhouse LA. “Everything you do, you’re looking through the lens of, ‘How is this going to be received by our clients, by viewers?’ We want to look professional. So, I was definitely nervous.”
However, Brittany was heartened by the fact that Buying Beverly Hills — the latest in a slew of real-estate-focused reality shows including Oppenheim Group’s Selling Sunset, Million Dollar Listing, and the new Selling the Oc — actually features the intricacies of luxury real estate deals and transactions.
- 12/5/2022
- by Hadley Meares
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Justin Hochberg has entered an exclusive multiplatform deal with Endemol Shine North America. Under the agreement, Hochberg and his Just Entertainment Studio will “develop the next generation of global TV formats and digital branded content for Endemol Shine North America,” the company said Tuesday. Hochberg helped develop and launch “The Apprentice” and “The Contender” franchises, and created TNT’s “Great Escape” and CNBC’s “The Profit.” Also Read: Endemol Shine USA Sets New Unscripted Team “We’re excited to have Justin on our Endemol Shine team to develop the next generation of global TV formats and branded digital content,” Eden Gaha,...
- 7/21/2015
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Endemol Shine has signed an exclusive multi-platform agreement with Justin Hochberg’s Just Entertainment that will see Hochberg develop digital branded content and global tv formats for Endemol. Eden Gaha, President, Unscripted Television for Endemol Shine USA made the announcement. Previously, Hochberg helped develop and launch NBC’s The Apprentice, and The Contender, and created TNT’s Great Escape as well as The Profit for CNBC. Through Just Entertainment, Hochberg…...
- 7/21/2015
- Deadline TV
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