{"id":15739,"date":"2026-03-24T12:47:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/the-mediapro-studio-teams-with-charles-wachter-for-stopwatch-media\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T12:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T16:50:50","slug":"the-mediapro-studio-teams-with-charles-wachter-for-stopwatch-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvformats\/the-mediapro-studio-teams-with-charles-wachter-for-stopwatch-media\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mediapro Studio Teams with Charles Wachter for Stopwatch Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mediapro Studio has partnered with Canada-based producer and showrunner Charles Wachter (<em>Beast Games<\/em>, <em>Fear Factor<\/em>, <em>Million Dollar Secret<\/em>) to launch Stopwatch Media, which will develop premium, scalable formats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Mediapro Studio has always sought to partner with bold creative voices who can push the industry forward, and Charles Wachter is exactly that,\u201d said Pam Healey, head of unscripted at The Mediapro Studio US. \u201cHis track record of delivering premium original formats with international resonance makes Stopwatch Media a natural extension of our global content strategy. With this launch, we are cementing our presence in Canada with one of the very best.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wachter was instrumental in bringing Netflix\u2019s <em>Million Dollar Secret<\/em>, Prime Video\u2019s <em>Beast Games<\/em> and Hulu\u2019s <em>Got to Get Out<\/em> to Canada, as well as Netflix\u2019s upcoming series <em>Win the Mall<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCapitalizing on the trend of U.S. shows coming to Canada, this is about putting a flag in the ground and building out the production infrastructure to deliver ambitious, globally relevant shows,\u201d Wachter said. \u201cWith The Mediapro Studio behind us, we have the scale, freedom and ambition to chase ideas that can break through in the U.S. and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCollaborating with Charles on Stopwatch Media is a statement of how we see the future of unscripted,\u201d added JC Acosta, head of The Mediapro Studio US. \u201cThe priority is clear: develop and produce bold new global unscripted formats.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mediapro Studio has partnered with Canada-based producer and showrunner Charles Wachter (Beast Games, Fear Factor, Million Dollar Secret) to launch Stopwatch Media, which will develop premium, scalable formats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":15740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[4764,4766,4767,4765,2125],"class_list":["post-15739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-charles-wachter","tag-jc-acosta","tag-pam-healey","tag-stopwatch-media","tag-the-mediapro-studio","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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