Overview
- Spain’s Mediapro Studio partnered with Emmy-winning producer Charles Wachter to unveil Stopwatch Media on Tuesday, setting its headquarters in Toronto.
- Stopwatch Media will develop scalable unscripted formats for U.S. broadcasters, global streamers, and international markets.
- Wachter said the new label aims to tap the flow of U.S. shows into Canada by building local production infrastructure for ambitious, globally relevant series.
- The Barcelona-based Mediapro Studio brings a large slate and deep ties to major platforms including HBO, Netflix, Prime Video, Sky Showtime, Disney, TelevisaUnivision, Movistar Plus+, Atresmedia, RTVE, and Mediaset.
- Wachter’s credits include Beast Games, Million Dollar Secret, Got to Get Out, Win the Mall, Fear Factor, and Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, and he previously launched Hard North Media in 2021, with no new commissions disclosed in this announcement.