Elisabeth Murdoch’s Shine Eyes Reveille

LONDON/LOS ANGELES, December 3: Shine Productions, the British outfit headed up by Elisabeth Murdoch, is set to shell out a reported $200 million for Los Angeles-based Reveille Productions.

According to the Financial Times, the Shine/Reveille merger is in the final stakes of negotiation. It would make the American outfit, founded by current NBC Entertainment chief Ben Silverman, part of a group that includes acclaimed British producer Kudos.

—By Mansha Daswani