All3Media
Sara Geater was appointed Chief Operating Officer of All3Media in 2015, joining the senior executive team created after the acquisition of the business by Discovery and Liberty Global. Sara works closely with the businesses in the Group to drive growth, both organically and through acquisition. She brings her expertise as an industry leader in television production, talent management, rights and deal-making to support and build the growth of the business in the UK and overseas.
Sara’s career to date has spanned TV, film and digital, in both business and creative roles and covers all genres. As CEO of Fremantle Media UK, she led a major restructure of the company, devising and implementing its “label” strategy,
Prior to this, Sara held the post of Head of Commercial Affairs at Channel 4 and Director of Rights & Business Affairs at the BBC. Sara has also held roles including Head of Film & TV at Avalon, Head of Production at Miramax Films and Channel 4 Drama’s Co-Production Executive; her television career began at LWT as a production accountant.
Sara is Chair of the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT) and sits on the BAFTA Board of Trustees as Chair of the Commercial Committee. She is a barrister and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
All3Media
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A leading creator of content with an impeccable track record and unparalleled reputation around the world – we are committed to creating outstanding TV, film and digital content and to innovate in the ever-evolving broadcast landscape. An entrepreneurial creative culture defines the company, underpinned by commercial strength that has seen the group grow successfully for over a decade. all3media group comprises of eighteen leading production companies, independent creators of TV and multi-platform programming from around the world. The production labels operate as their own businesses, each with a distinctive creative signature. The companies within the group are based in the UK, USA, The Netherlands, Germany and New Zealand. Our major hits include acclaimed dramas Skins, Shameless, The Village, The White Queen (Company Pictures) and Midsomer Murders (Bentley Productions) which, courtesy of our distribution company all3media international, is the most successful UK drama export, teen soap Hollyoaks and ITV2 phenomenon The Only Way is Essex (Lime Pictures), entertaining hits such as Peep Show, The Cube and Reflex, as well as psychological illusionist Derren Brown’s event specials (Objective productions), ground-breaking health programming such as 10 Years Younger and Embarrassing Bodies (Maverick), male-skewing magazine shows Fifth Gear and Gadget Show (North One), Horrible Histories (Lion TV), food and lifestyle programming with Gordon Ramsay (Optomen), the hugely successful German daytime constructed reality strands Hartefalle (Family at the Crossroads) and Zweifelfalle (Cases of Doubt) (Filmpool/MME), Youtube channels including Daily Mix and Body Talk Daily (little dot studios), Koningsvaart (IDTV) and the factual entertainment global smash hit Undercover Boss (Studio Lambert) . Our aim is to invest in talent, to produce world class content and to distribute on all platforms around the world through ground-breaking deals.