{"id":8029,"date":"2017-10-24T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/warner-u-k-alum-nick-emmerson-launches-indie-production-venture\/"},"modified":"2017-10-24T13:41:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T17:41:02","slug":"warner-u-k-alum-nick-emmerson-launches-indie-production-venture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2017\/10\/24\/warner-u-k-alum-nick-emmerson-launches-indie-production-venture\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner U.K. Alum Nick Emmerson Launches Indie Production Venture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Emmerson, former managing director of Warner Bros. TV Production UK, has launched KOSKA, an independent production venture that will focus on non-scripted series.<\/p>\n<p>Emmerson, who was also previously president of Shed Media U.S. and CEO of Ricochet, has created or co-created multiple international series, including <em>Supernanny<\/em>, <em>The Real Housewives of New York City<\/em>, <em>Fat March<\/em>,<em> Basketball Wives<\/em> and <em>Styled to Rock<\/em>. He will be joined at the Brighton-based indie by David Phillips, a former TV board director of talent agency James Grant, who will serve as director of entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>KOSKA launches with a minority investment from ITV Studios. Julian Bellamy, the managing director of ITV Studios, said: \u201cNick is a fantastic creative talent as well as being a very successful business leader. We\u2019re very glad to play a part in this new venture and look forward to watching KOSKA thrive under Nick and David\u2019s expertise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Emmerson added: \u201cI\u2019m buzzing that KOSKA is open for business. I want KOSKA to be a truly creative and entrepreneurial place to be. There\u2019s nothing I like better than building a team that thrives together. David is a fantastic first signing for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Phillips said: \u201cI\u2019m excited to join Nick\u2019s team and bring my experience of working with talent and brands to KOSKA. It\u2019s also fantastic to be part of the growing creative community in Brighton, the perfect home for KOSKA.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nick Emmerson, former managing director of Warner Bros. 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